Modulation of MD-1 RP105-associated expression

ABSTRACT

Compounds, compositions and methods are provided for modulating the expression of MD-1 RP105-associated. The compositions comprise oligonucleotides, targeted to nucleic acid encoding MD-1 RP105-associated. Methods of using these compounds for modulation of MD-1 RP105-associated expression and for diagnosis and treatment of disease associated with expression of MD-1 RP105-associated are provided.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

[0001] The present invention provides compositions and methods for modulating the expression of MD-1 RP105-associated. In particular, this invention relates to compounds, particularly oligonucleotide compounds, which, in preferred embodiments, hybridize with nucleic acid molecules encoding MD-1 RP105-associated. Such compounds are shown herein to modulate the expression of MD-1 RP105-associated.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0002] The process of mounting a highly specific adaptive immune response requires days to weeks to refine immunoglobulins and cell-mediated immune recognition systems. In contrast, the innate immune response targets structurally conserved pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) which are invariant among diverse groups of microorganisms, thereby allowing immediate and, in most cases, sufficient responses to limit or eradicate invading microbes. As the initial and rapid host defense against pathogens, the innate immune system mediates an inflammatory response to infection using a set of germline-encoded pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) to recognize conserved PAMPs. Proinflammatory chemokines and cytokines are then stimulated to activate other genes and induce diverse inflammatory responses such as macrophage and lymphocyte activation, fever, hypotension, decreased appetite, and arthritis. The molecular components of the innate immune system of vertebrates, insects, and plants are remarkably conserved, and in mammals, the Toll-like receptors (TLRs) function as PRRs. The Drosophila Toll receptor is required for embryonic patterning and was later shown to have a key role in the detection of fungal infection and induction of the anti-fungal peptide drosomycin. At least ten human TLRs have been identified, and some have been demonstrated to mediate cellular responses to PAMPs (Akira et al., Nat. Immunol, 2001, 2, 675-680; Zarember and Godowski, J. Immunol., 2002, 168, 554-561).

[0003] Via TLRs, PAMPs elicit activation of an intracellular signaling cascade similar to that which occurs upon binding of members of the interleukin-1 (IL-1) family to the IL-1 receptors (IL-1Rs). The TLRs and IL-1Rs share amino acid sequence similarity in their cytoplasmic regions, and thus, downstream events in their signaling pathways are mediated by some common molecular components. The binding of cytokines to IL-1R family receptors or the binding of bacterial cell wall components such as lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or peptidoglycan to a TLR both ultimately result in the activation of the transcription factor NF-kappa B and its translocation to the nucleus, where it induces transcription of a variety of genes. The activation of NF-kappa B by IL-1R or TLR receptors requires a common set of signal transduction molecules including IL-1 receptor-associated kinases (IRAKs), MyD88, tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated kinase 6 (TRAF6), and I-kappa B kinases (IKKs) (Akira et al., Nat. Immunol, 2001, 2, 675-680; Zarember and Godowski, J. Immunol., 2002, 168, 554-561).

[0004] A TLR-related protein, called RP105, is expressed on the surface of B lymphocytes and transmits a growth-promoting signal, acting as both an LPS sensor and a regulator of B cell proliferation. The RP105 protein contains extracellular leucine-rich repeat (LRR) amino acid domains, implicated in protein-protein interactions. An anti-RP105 antibody was observed to co-immunoprecipitate additional molecules as well as RP105 in mouse B cells, and one of these was the mouse homologue of a chicken protein, MD-1, isolated from transformed cells as a v-myb regulated gene. Murine MD-1 is a secreted protein present on the cell surface in the presence of RP105. It was further demonstrated that this MD-1 protein was important for efficient cell surface expression of RP105 (Miyake et al., J. Immunol., 1998, 161, 1348-1353). Subsequently, a human MD-1 RP105-associated (also known as MD-1 and MD1) cDNA was identified and the encoded protein found to form a complex with RP105 as well as to positively regulate its surface expression. It was hypothesized that the MD-1 RP105-associated protein contributes to posttranslational modification of or might confer a more stable confirmation to the RP105 protein (Miura et al., Blood, 1998, 92, 2815-2822).

[0005] Histological studies showed that the MD-1 RP105-associated protein was more broadly expressed than RP105, expressed mainly on mature B cells. MD-1 RP105-associated mRNA transcripts were found in Nalm-6, Ramos, Daudi, and U937 human cell lines that also express RP105, as well as the B-cell line RPMI8866, which does not express RP105 mRNA (Miura et al., Blood, 1998, 92, 2815-2822). Murine MD-1 RP105-associated mRNA transcripts have also been observed in brain and liver as well as lymphoid organs (Miyake et al., J. Immunol., 1998, 161, 1348-1353). Quantitative real-time RT-PCR was used to study the expression of the MD-1 RP105-associated gene in various human adult tissues, and MD-1 RP105-associated gene expression in human monocytes from peripheral blood was found to be responsive to inflammatory stimuli (Zarember and Godowski, J. Immunol., 2002, 168, 554-561).

[0006] Because the RP105 protein is a type I transmembrane protein with a short cytoplasmic tail and extracellular LRRs similar to those found in the Drosophila Toll receptor, it is believed to transmit a signal that activates the NF-kappa B pathway and play a role in the innate immune response. A mouse peripheral blood pro B cell line Ba/F3 transfected with constructs expressing the Toll-like receptor TLR4 as well as MD-1 RP105-associated demonstrated responsiveness to LPS, and this responsiveness could be blocked by treatment with monoclonal antibodies inhibiting either RP105 or TLR4 (Miyake et al., J. Endotoxin Res., 2000, 6, 389-391).

[0007] Mice lacking the MD-1 RP105-associated gene as well as monoclonal antibodies against the MD-1 RP105-associated protein have been generated. The MD-1 RP105-associated null mice display impairment in LPS-induced B cell proliferation, antibody production, and in the up-regulation of the cell surface B7.2/CD86 costimulatory molecule that facilitates an interaction with T cells. MD-1 RP105-associated was also found to be indispensible for RP105 cell surface expression. Furthermore, the monoclonal antibody against the MD-1 RP105-associated protein was shown to antagonize the B cell response to LPS (Nagai et al., Blood, 2002, 99, 1699-1705). Thus, MD-1 RP105-associated is required for the innate immune response in mice.

[0008] A series of polyclonal antibodies as well as a rat monoclonal antibody recognizing the murine MD-1 RP105-associated protein have been prepared and characterized. These antibodies were found to inhibit Il-2 and interferon gamma (IFN-gamma) production, while enhancing IL-4 and IL-10 production in mixed leukocyte reactions in vitro. Thus, inhibition of MD-1 RP105-associated with these antibodies can modify and polarize cytokine production following cell activation and allostimulation (Hadidi et al., Immunol. Lett., 2001, 77, 97-103).

[0009] Phosphorothioated antisense oligonucleotides targeted to three regions within the coding sequence of the murine MD-1 RP105-associated mRNA were used to show that, in murine bone marrow-derived dendritic cells, LPS-induced up-regulation of cell surface CD80/CD86 was inhibited (Gorczynski et al., J. Immunol., 2000, 165, 1925-1932).

[0010] Disclosed and claimed in PCT Publication WO 01/68697 is a use of an inhibitor of MD-1 to prepare a medicament to suppress an immune response, wherein the inhibitor of MD-1 is an antisense oligonucleotide that inhibits the expression of MD-1 RP105-associated. Further claimed is a use according to any one of claims 1 to 6 wherein the inhibitor of MD-1 is an antibody that binds to MD-1, a use of an MD-1 protein or a nucleic acid sequence encoding an MD1 protein to prepare a medicament to enhance an immune response, a use of an MD-1 protein or a nucleic acid sequence encoding an MD1 protein to prepare a medicament to induce fetal loss, a pharmaceutical composition for use in preventing or suppressing an immune response comprising an inhibitor of MD-1 in admixture with a suitable diluent or carrier, a method of identifying substances which can bind with MD-1, and a method for identifying a compound that affects the binding of an MD-1 protein and an MD-1 binding protein (Gorczynski and Clark, 2001).

[0011] Disclosed and claimed in PCT Publication WO 00/01817 is a composition of matter selected from a group of molecules, wherein members of said group include: a substantially pure or recombinant MD-1 RP105-associated polypeptide, an isolated natural mature peptide sequence of MD-1 RP105-associated, a primate MD-1 RP105-associated sequence, a fusion protein comprising the primate MD-1 RP105-associated sequence, a natural allelic variant of primate MD-1, as well as said MD-1 RP105-associated polypeptide and a carrier. Further claimed is a binding compound comprising an antigen binding portion from an antibody, which specifically binds to said a primate MD-1 polypeptide or a denatured MD-1, a method of producing an antigen:antibody complex comprising contacting said antibody and said primate MD-1 polypeptide, an isolated or recombinant nucleic acid encoding said polypeptide said fusion protein, a cell or tissue comprising said recombinant nucleic acid, and a kit comprising said nucleic acid, a method of modulating physiology or development of a cell or tissue culture cells comprising exposing said cell to an agonist or antagonist of HCC5, primate MD-1, primate MD-2, or rodent MD-2. The use of antisense RNA in gene therapy is generally disclosed (Bates et al., 2000).

[0012] Currently, there are no known therapeutic agents which effectively inhibit the synthesis of MD-1 RP105-associated and to date, investigative strategies aimed at modulating MD-1 RP105-associated function have involved the use of bacterial cell wall derivatives.

[0013] Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) is a vaccine strain of Mycobacterium bovis for vaccination against tuberculosis, and most adjuvant activity is recovered in the cell wall skeleton isolated from BCG (BCG-CWS). The major constituents of of BCG-CWS are mycolic acids, arabinogalactan, and proteoglycan. BCG-CWS, being depleted of immunosuppressive factors, may be responsible for inducing potent immune responses. Thus, BCG-CWS has also been used therapeutically as an immune activator which improves the prognosis of cancer patients. BCG-CWS activates human monocytes and neutrophils, and was found to down-regulate expression of MD-1 RP105-associated mRNA (Begum et al., Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 1999, 256, 325-329), although the mechanism for this down-regulation is unknown.

[0014] Consequently, there remains a long felt need for agents capable of effectively inhibiting MD-1 RP105-associated function.

[0015] Antisense technology is emerging as an effective means for reducing the expression of specific gene products and may therefore prove to be uniquely useful in a number of therapeutic, diagnostic, and research applications for the modulation of MD-1 RP105-associated expression.

[0016] The present invention provides compositions and methods for modulating MD-1 RP105-associated expression.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0017] The present invention is directed to compounds, especially nucleic acid and nucleic acid-like oligomers, which are targeted to a nucleic acid encoding MD-1 RP105-associated, and which modulate the expression of MD-1 RP105-associated. Pharmaceutical and other compositions comprising the compounds of the invention are also provided. Further provided are methods of screening for modulators of MD-1 RP105-associated and methods of modulating the expression of MD-1 RP105-associated in cells, tissues or animals comprising contacting said cells, tissues or animals with one or more of the compounds or compositions of the invention. Methods of treating an animal, particularly a human, suspected of having or being prone to a disease or condition associated with expression of MD-1 RP105-associated are also set forth herein. Such methods comprise administering a therapeutically or prophylactically effective amount of one or more of the compounds or compositions of the invention to the person in need of treatment.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0018] A. Overview of the Invention

[0019] The present invention employs compounds, preferably oligonucleotides and similar species for use in modulating the function or effect of nucleic acid molecules encoding MD-1 RP105-associated. This is accomplished by providing oligonucleotides which specifically hybridize with one or more nucleic acid molecules encoding MD-1 RP105-associated. As used herein, the terms “target nucleic acid” and “nucleic acid molecule encoding MD-1 RP105-associated” have been used for convenience to encompass DNA encoding MD-1 RP105-associated, RNA (including pre-mRNA and mRNA or portions thereof) transcribed from such DNA, and also cDNA derived from such RNA. The hybridization of a compound of this invention with its target nucleic acid is generally referred to as “antisense”. Consequently, the preferred mechanism believed to be included in the practice of some preferred embodiments of the invention is referred to herein as “antisense inhibition.” Such antisense inhibition is typically based upon hydrogen bonding-based hybridization of oligonucleotide strands or segments such that at least one strand or segment is cleaved, degraded, or otherwise rendered inoperable. In this regard, it is presently preferred to target specific nucleic acid molecules and their functions for such antisense inhibition.

[0020] The functions of DNA to be interfered with can include replication and transcription. Replication and transcription, for example, can be from an endogenous cellular template, a vector, a plasmid construct or otherwise. The functions of RNA to be interfered with can include functions such as translocation of the RNA to a site of protein translation, translocation of the RNA to sites within the cell which are distant from the site of RNA synthesis, translation of protein from the RNA, splicing of the RNA to yield one or more RNA species, and catalytic activity or complex formation involving the RNA which may be engaged in or facilitated by the RNA. One preferred result of such interference with target nucleic acid function is modulation of the expression of MD-1 RP105-associated. In the context of the present invention, “modulation” and “modulation of expression” mean either an increase (stimulation) or a decrease (inhibition) in the amount or levels of a nucleic acid molecule encoding the gene, e.g., DNA or RNA. Inhibition is often the preferred form of modulation of expression and mRNA is often a preferred target nucleic acid.

[0021] In the context of this invention, “hybridization” means the pairing of complementary strands of oligomeric compounds. In the present invention, the preferred mechanism of pairing involves hydrogen bonding, which may be Watson-Crick, Hoogsteen or reversed Hoogsteen hydrogen bonding, between complementary nucleoside or nucleotide bases (nucleobases) of the strands of oligomeric compounds. For example, adenine and thymine are complementary nucleobases which pair through the formation of hydrogen bonds. Hybridization can occur under varying circumstances.

[0022] An antisense compound is specifically hybridizable when binding of the compound to the target nucleic acid interferes with the normal function of the target nucleic acid to cause a loss of activity, and there is a sufficient degree of complementarity to avoid non-specific binding of the antisense compound to non-target nucleic acid sequences under conditions in which specific binding is desired, i.e., under physiological conditions in the case of in vivo assays or therapeutic treatment, and under conditions in which assays are performed in the case of in vitro assays.

[0023] In the present invention the phrase “stringent hybridization conditions” or “stringent conditions” refers to conditions under which a compound of the invention will hybridize to its target sequence, but to a minimal number of other sequences. Stringent conditions are sequence-dependent and will be different in different circumstances and in the context of this invention, “stringent conditions” under which oligomeric compounds hybridize to a target sequence are determined by the nature and composition of the oligomeric compounds and the assays in which they are being investigated.

[0024] “Complementary,” as used herein, refers to the capacity for precise pairing between two nucleobases of an oligomeric compound. For example, if a nucleobase at a certain position of an oligonucleotide (an oligomeric compound), is capable of hydrogen bonding with a nucleobase at a certain position of a target nucleic acid, said target nucleic acid being a DNA, RNA, or oligonucleotide molecule, then the position of hydrogen bonding between the oligonucleotide and the target nucleic acid is considered to be a complementary position. The oligonucleotide and the further DNA, RNA, or oligonucleotide molecule are complementary to each other when a sufficient number of complementary positions in each molecule are occupied by nucleobases which can hydrogen bond with each other. Thus, “specifically hybridizable” and “complementary” are terms which are used to indicate a sufficient degree of precise pairing or complementarity over a sufficient number of nucleobases such that stable and specific binding occurs between the oligonucleotide and a target nucleic acid.

[0025] It is understood in the art that the sequence of an antisense compound need not be 100% complementary to that of its target nucleic acid to be specifically hybridizable. Moreover, an oligonucleotide may hybridize over one or more segments such that intervening or adjacent segments are not involved in the hybridization event (e.g., a loop structure or hairpin structure). It is preferred that the antisense compounds of the present invention comprise at least 70% sequence complementarity to a target region within the target nucleic acid, more preferably that they comprise 90% sequence complementarity and even more preferably comprise 95% sequence complementarity to the target region within the target nucleic acid sequence to which they are targeted. For example, an antisense compound in which 18 of 20 nucleobases of the antisense compound are complementary to a target region, and would therefore specifically hybridize, would represent 90 percent complementarity. In this example, the remaining noncomplementary nucleobases may be clustered or interspersed with complementary nucleobases and need not be contiguous to each other or to complementary nucleobases. As such, an antisense compound which is 18 nucleobases in length having 4 (four) noncomplementary nucleobases which are flanked by two regions of complete complementarity with the target nucleic acid would have 77.8% overall complementarity with the target nucleic acid and would thus fall within the scope of the present invention. Percent complementarity of an antisense compound with a region of a target nucleic acid can be determined routinely using BLAST programs (basic local alignment search tools) and PowerBLAST programs known in the art (Altschul et al., J. Mol. Biol., 1990, 215, 403-410; Zhang and Madden, Genome Res., 1997, 7, 649-656).

[0026] B. Compounds of the Invention

[0027] According to the present invention, compounds include antisense oligomeric compounds, antisense oligonucleotides, ribozymes, external guide sequence (EGS) oligonucleotides, alternate splicers, primers, probes, and other oligomeric compounds which hybridize to at least a portion of the target nucleic acid. As such, these compounds may be introduced in the form of single-stranded, double-stranded, circular or hairpin oligomeric compounds and may contain structural elements such as internal or terminal bulges or loops. Once introduced to a system, the compounds of the invention may elicit the action of one or more enzymes or structural proteins to effect modification of the target nucleic acid. One non-limiting example of such an enzyme is RNAse H, a cellular endonuclease which cleaves the RNA strand of an RNA:DNA duplex. It is known in the art that single-stranded antisense compounds which are “DNA-like” elicit RNAse H. Activation of RNase H, therefore, results in cleavage of the RNA target, thereby greatly enhancing the efficiency of oligonucleotide-mediated inhibition of gene expression. Similar roles have been postulated for other ribonucleases such as those in the RNase III and ribonuclease L family of enzymes.

[0028] While the preferred form of antisense compound is a single-stranded antisense oligonucleotide, in many species the introduction of double-stranded structures, such as double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) molecules, has been shown to induce potent and specific antisense-mediated reduction of the function of a gene or its associated gene products. This phenomenon occurs in both plants and animals and is believed to have an evolutionary connection to viral defense and transposon silencing.

[0029] The first evidence that dsRNA could lead to gene silencing in animals came in 1995 from work in the nematode, Caenorhabditis elegans (Guo and Kempheus, Cell, 1995, 81, 611-620). Montgomery et al. have shown that the primary interference effects of dsRNA are posttranscriptional (Montgomery et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 1998, 95, 15502-15507). The posttranscriptional antisense mechanism defined in Caenorhabditis elegans resulting from exposure to double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) has since been designated RNA interference (RNAi). This term has been generalized to mean antisense-mediated gene silencing involving the introduction of dsRNA leading to the sequence-specific reduction of endogenous targeted mRNA levels (Fire et al., Nature, 1998, 391, 806-811). Recently, it has been shown that it is, in fact, the single-stranded RNA oligomers of antisense polarity of the dsRNAs which are the potent inducers of RNAi (Tijsterman et al., Science, 2002, 295, 694-697).

[0030] In the context of this invention, the term “oligomeric compound” refers to a polymer or oligomer comprising a plurality of monomeric units. In the context of this invention, the term “oligonucleotide” refers to an oligomer or polymer of ribonucleic acid (RNA) or deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) or mimetics, chimeras, analogs and homologs thereof. This term includes oligonucleotides composed of naturally occurring nucleobases, sugars and covalent internucleoside (backbone) linkages as well as oligonucleotides having non-naturally occurring portions which function similarly. Such modified or substituted oligonucleotides are often preferred over native forms because of desirable properties such as, for example, enhanced cellular uptake, enhanced affinity for a target nucleic acid and increased stability in the presence of nucleases.

[0031] While oligonucleotides are a preferred form of the compounds of this invention, the present invention comprehends other families of compounds as well, including but not limited to oligonucleotide analogs and mimetics such as those described herein.

[0032] The compounds in accordance with this invention preferably comprise from about 8 to about 80 nucleobases (i.e. from about 8 to about 80 linked nucleosides). One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the invention embodies compounds of 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, or 80 nucleobases in length.

[0033] In one preferred embodiment, the compounds of the invention are 12 to 50 nucleobases in length. One having ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that this embodies compounds of 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, or 50 nucleobases in length.

[0034] In another preferred embodiment, the compounds of the invention are 15 to 30 nucleobases in length. One having ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that this embodies compounds of 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, or 30 nucleobases in length.

[0035] Particularly preferred compounds are oligonucleotides from about 12 to about 50 nucleobases, even more preferably those comprising from about 15 to about 30 nucleobases.

[0036] Antisense compounds 8-80 nucleobases in length comprising a stretch of at least eight (8) consecutive nucleobases selected from within the illustrative antisense compounds are considered to be suitable antisense compounds as well.

[0037] Exemplary preferred antisense compounds include oligonucleotide sequences that comprise at least the 8 consecutive nucleobases from the 5′-terminus of one of the illustrative preferred antisense compounds (the remaining nucleobases being a consecutive stretch of the same oligonucleotide beginning immediately upstream of the 5′-terminus of the antisense compound which is specifically hybridizable to the target nucleic acid and continuing until the oligonucleotide contains about 8 to about 80 nucleobases). Similarly preferred antisense compounds are represented by oligonucleotide sequences that comprise at least the 8 consecutive nucleobases from the 3′-terminus of one of the illustrative preferred antisense compounds (the remaining nucleobases being a consecutive stretch of the same oligonucleotide beginning immediately downstream of the 3′-terminus of the antisense compound which is specifically hybridizable to the target nucleic acid and continuing until the oligonucleotide contains about 8 to about 80 nucleobases). One having skill in the art armed with the preferred antisense compounds illustrated herein will be able, without undue experimentation, to identify further preferred antisense compounds.

[0038] C. Targets of the Invention

[0039] “Targeting” an antisense compound to a particular nucleic acid molecule, in the context of this invention, can be a multistep process. The process usually begins with the identification of a target nucleic acid whose function is to be modulated. This target nucleic acid may be, for example, a cellular gene (or mRNA transcribed from the gene) whose expression is associated with a particular disorder or disease state, or a nucleic acid molecule from an infectious agent. In the present invention, the target nucleic acid encodes MD-1 RP105-associated.

[0040] The targeting process usually also includes determination of at least one target region, segment, or site within the target nucleic acid for the antisense interaction to occur such that the desired effect, e.g., modulation of expression, will result. Within the context of the present invention, the term “region” is defined as a portion of the target nucleic acid having at least one identifiable structure, function, or characteristic. Within regions of target nucleic acids are segments. “Segments” are defined as smaller or sub-portions of regions within a target nucleic acid. “Sites,” as used in the present invention, are defined as positions within a target nucleic acid.

[0041] Since, as is known in the art, the translation initiation codon is typically 5′-AUG (in transcribed mRNA molecules; 5′-ATG in the corresponding DNA molecule), the translation initiation codon is also referred to as the “AUG codon,” the “start codon” or the “AUG start codon”. A minority of genes have a translation initiation codon having the RNA sequence 5′-GUG, 5′-UUG or 5′-CUG, and 5′-AUA, 5′-ACG and 5′-CUG have been shown to function in vivo. Thus, the terms “translation initiation codon” and “start codon” can encompass many codon sequences, even though the initiator amino acid in each instance is typically methionine (in eukaryotes) or formylmethionine (in prokaryotes). It is also known in the art that eukaryotic and prokaryotic genes may have two or more alternative start codons, any one of which may be preferentially utilized for translation initiation in a particular cell type or tissue, or under a particular set of conditions. In the context of the invention, “start codon” and “translation initiation codon” refer to the codon or codons that are used in vivo to initiate translation of an mRNA transcribed from a gene encoding MD-1 RP105-associated, regardless of the sequence(s) of such codons. It is also known in the art that a translation termination codon (or “stop codon”) of a gene may have one of three sequences, i.e., 5′-UAA, 5′-UAG and 5′-UGA (the corresponding DNA sequences are 5′-TAA, 5′-TAG and 5′-TGA, respectively).

[0042] The terms “start codon region” and “translation initiation codon region” refer to a portion of such an mRNA or gene that encompasses from about 25 to about 50 contiguous nucleotides in either direction (i.e., 5′ or 3′) from a translation initiation codon. Similarly, the terms “stop codon region” and “translation termination codon region” refer to a portion of such an mRNA or gene that encompasses from about 25 to about 50 contiguous nucleotides in either direction (i.e., 5′ or 3′) from a translation termination codon. Consequently, the “start codon region” (or “translation initiation codon region”) and the “stop codon region” (or “translation termination codon region”) are all regions which may be targeted effectively with the antisense compounds of the present invention.

[0043] The open reading frame (ORF) or “coding region,” which is known in the art to refer to the region between the translation initiation codon and the translation termination codon, is also a region which may be targeted effectively. Within the context of the present invention, a preferred region is the intragenic region encompassing the translation initiation or termination codon of the open reading frame (ORF) of a gene.

[0044] Other target regions include the 5′ untranslated region (5′UTR), known in the art to refer to the portion of an mRNA in the 5′ direction from the translation initiation codon, and thus including nucleotides between the 5′ cap site and the translation initiation codon of an mRNA (or corresponding nucleotides on the gene), and the 3′ untranslated region (3′UTR), known in the art to refer to the portion of an mRNA in the 3′ direction from the translation termination codon, and thus including nucleotides between the translation termination codon and 3′ end of an mRNA (or corresponding nucleotides on the gene). The 5′ cap site of an mRNA comprises an N7-methylated guanosine residue joined to the 5′-most residue of the mRNA via a 5′-5′ triphosphate linkage. The 5′ cap region of an mRNA is considered to include the 5′ cap structure itself as well as the first 50 nucleotides adjacent to the cap site. It is also preferred to target the 5′ cap region.

[0045] Although some eukaryotic mRNA transcripts are directly translated, many contain one or more regions, known as “introns,” which are excised from a transcript before it is translated. The remaining (and therefore translated) regions are known as “exons” and are spliced together to form a continuous mRNA sequence. Targeting splice sites, i.e., intron-exon junctions or exon-intron junctions, may also be particularly useful in situations where aberrant splicing is implicated in disease, or where an overproduction of a particular splice product is implicated in disease. Aberrant fusion junctions due to rearrangements or deletions are also preferred target sites. mRNA transcripts produced via the process of splicing of two (or more) mRNAs from different gene sources are known as “fusion transcripts”. It is also known that introns can be effectively targeted using antisense compounds targeted to, for example, DNA or pre-mRNA.

[0046] It is also known in the art that alternative RNA transcripts can be produced from the same genomic region of DNA. These alternative transcripts are generally known as “variants”. More specifically, “pre-mRNA variants” are transcripts produced from the same genomic DNA that differ from other transcripts produced from the same genomic DNA in either their start or stop position and contain both intronic and exonic sequence.

[0047] Upon excision of one or more exon or intron regions, or portions thereof during splicing, pre-mRNA variants produce smaller “mRNA variants”. Consequently, mRNA variants are processed pre-mRNA variants and each unique pre-mRNA variant must always produce a unique mRNA variant as a result of splicing. These mRNA variants are also known as “alternative splice variants”. If no splicing of the pre-mRNA variant occurs then the pre-mRNA variant is identical to the mRNA variant.

[0048] It is also known in the art that variants can be produced through the use of alternative signals to start or stop transcription and that pre-mRNAs and mRNAs can possess more that one start codon or stop codon. Variants that originate from a pre-mRNA or mRNA that use alternative start codons are known as “alternative start variants” of that pre-mRNA or mRNA. Those transcripts that use an alternative stop codon are known as “alternative stop variants” of that pre-mRNA or mRNA. One specific type of alternative stop variant is the “polyA variant” in which the multiple transcripts produced result from the alternative selection of one of the “polyA stop signals” by the transcription machinery, thereby producing transcripts that terminate at unique polyA sites. Within the context of the invention, the types of variants described herein are also preferred target nucleic acids.

[0049] The locations on the target nucleic acid to which the preferred antisense compounds hybridize are hereinbelow referred to as “preferred target segments.” As used herein the term “preferred target segment” is defined as at least an 8-nucleobase portion of a target region to which an active antisense compound is targeted. While not wishing to be bound by theory, it is presently believed that these target segments represent portions of the target nucleic acid which are accessible for hybridization.

[0050] While the specific sequences of certain preferred target segments are set forth herein, one of skill in the art will recognize that these serve to illustrate and describe particular embodiments within the scope of the present invention. Additional preferred target segments may be identified by one having ordinary skill.

[0051] Target segments 8-80 nucleobases in length comprising a stretch of at least eight (8) consecutive nucleobases selected from within the illustrative preferred target segments are considered to be suitable for targeting as well.

[0052] Target segments can include DNA or RNA sequences that comprise at least the 8 consecutive nucleobases from the 5′-terminus of one of the illustrative preferred target segments (the remaining nucleobases being a consecutive stretch of the same DNA or RNA beginning immediately upstream of the 5′-terminus of the target segment and continuing until the DNA or RNA contains about 8 to about 80 nucleobases). Similarly preferred target segments are represented by DNA or RNA sequences that comprise at least the 8 consecutive nucleobases from the 3′-terminus of one of the illustrative preferred target segments (the remaining nucleobases being a consecutive stretch of the same DNA or RNA beginning immediately downstream of the 3′-terminus of the target segment and continuing until the DNA or RNA contains about 8 to about 80 nucleobases). One having skill in the art armed with the preferred target segments illustrated herein will be able, without undue experimentation, to identify further preferred target segments.

[0053] Once one or more target regions, segments or sites have been identified, antisense compounds are chosen which are sufficiently complementary to the target, i.e., hybridize sufficiently well and with sufficient specificity, to give the desired effect.

[0054] D. Screening and Target Validation

[0055] In a further embodiment, the “preferred target segments” identified herein may be employed in a screen for additional compounds that modulate the expression of MD-1 RP105-associated. “Modulators” are those compounds that decrease or increase the expression of a nucleic acid molecule encoding MD-1 RP105-associated and which comprise at least an 8-nucleobase portion which is complementary to a preferred target segment. The screening method comprises the steps of contacting a preferred target segment of a nucleic acid molecule encoding MD-1 RP105-associated with one or more candidate modulators, and selecting for one or more candidate modulators which decrease or increase the expression of a nucleic acid molecule encoding MD-1 RP105-associated. Once it is shown that the candidate modulator or modulators are capable of modulating (e.g. either decreasing or increasing) the expression of a nucleic acid molecule encoding MD-1 RP105-associated, the modulator may then be employed in further investigative studies of the function of MD-1 RP105-associated, or for use as a research, diagnostic, or therapeutic agent in accordance with the present invention.

[0056] The preferred target segments of the present invention may be also be combined with their respective complementary antisense compounds of the present invention to form stabilized double-stranded (duplexed) oligonucleotides.

[0057] Such double stranded oligonucleotide moieties have been shown in the art to modulate target expression and regulate translation as well as RNA processsing via an antisense mechanism. Moreover, the double-stranded moieties may be subject to chemical modifications (Fire et al., Nature, 1998, 391, 806-811; Timmons and Fire, Nature 1998, 395, 854; Timmons et al., Gene, 2001, 263, 103-112; Tabara et al., Science, 1998, 282, 430-431; Montgomery et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 1998, 95, 15502-15507; Tuschl et al., Genes Dev., 1999, 13, 3191-3197; Elbashir et al., Nature, 2001, 411, 494-498; Elbashir et al., Genes Dev. 2001, 15, 188-200). For example, such double-stranded moieties have been shown to inhibit the target by the classical hybridization of antisense strand of the duplex to the target, thereby triggering enzymatic degradation of the target (Tijsterman et al., Science, 2002, 295, 694-697).

[0058] The compounds of the present invention can also be applied in the areas of drug discovery and target validation. The present invention comprehends the use of the compounds and preferred target segments identified herein in drug discovery efforts to elucidate relationships that exist between MD-1 RP105-associated and a disease state, phenotype, or condition. These methods include detecting or modulating MD-1 RP105-associated comprising contacting a sample, tissue, cell, or organism with the compounds of the present invention, measuring the nucleic acid or protein level of MD-1 RP105-associated and/or a related phenotypic or chemical endpoint at some time after treatment, and optionally comparing the measured value to a non-treated sample or sample treated with a further compound of the invention. These methods can also be performed in parallel or in combination with other experiments to determine the function of unknown genes for the process of target validation or to determine the validity of a particular gene product as a target for treatment or prevention of a particular disease, condition, or phenotype.

[0059] E. Kits, Research Reagents, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics

[0060] The compounds of the present invention can be utilized for diagnostics, therapeutics, prophylaxis and as research reagents and kits. Furthermore, antisense oligonucleotides, which are able to inhibit gene expression with exquisite specificity, are often used by those of ordinary skill to elucidate the function of particular genes or to distinguish between functions of various members of a biological pathway.

[0061] For use in kits and diagnostics, the compounds of the present invention, either alone or in combination with other compounds or therapeutics, can be used as tools in differential and/or combinatorial analyses to elucidate expression patterns of a portion or the entire complement of genes expressed within cells and tissues.

[0062] As one nonlimiting example, expression patterns within cells or tissues treated with one or more antisense compounds are compared to control cells or tissues not treated with antisense compounds and the patterns produced are analyzed for differential levels of gene expression as they pertain, for example, to disease association, signaling pathway, cellular localization, expression level, size, structure or function of the genes examined. These analyses can be performed on stimulated or unstimulated cells and in the presence or absence of other compounds which affect expression patterns.

[0063] Examples of methods of gene expression analysis known in the art include DNA arrays or microarrays (Brazma and Vilo, FEBS Lett., 2000, 480, 17-24; Celis, et al., FEBS Lett., 2000, 480, 2-16), SAGE (serial analysis of gene expression)(Madden, et al., Drug Discov. Today, 2000, 5, 415-425), READS (restriction enzyme amplification of digested cDNAs) (Prashar and Weissman, Methods Enzymol., 1999, 303, 258-72), TOGA (total gene expression analysis) (Sutcliffe, et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S. A., 2000, 97, 1976-81), protein arrays and proteomics (Celis, et al., FEBS Lett., 2000, 480, 2-16; Jungblut, et al., Electrophoresis, 1999, 20, 2100-10), expressed sequence tag (EST) sequencing (Celis, et al., FEBS Lett., 2000, 480, 2-16; Larsson, et al., J. Biotechnol., 2000, 80, 143-57), subtractive RNA fingerprinting (SuRF) (Fuchs, et al., Anal. Biochem., 2000, 286, 91-98; Larson, et al., Cytometry, 2000, 41, 203-208), subtractive cloning, differential display (DD) (Jurecic and Belmont, Curr. Opin. Microbiol., 2000, 3, 316-21), comparative genomic hybridization (Carulli, et al., J. Cell Biochem. Suppl., 1998, 31, 286-96), FISH (fluorescent in situ hybridization) techniques (Going and Gusterson, Eur. J. Cancer, 1999, 35, 1895-904) and mass spectrometry methods (To, Comb. Chem. High Throughput Screen, 2000, 3, 235-41).

[0064] The compounds of the invention are useful for research and diagnostics, because these compounds hybridize to nucleic acids encoding MD-1 RP105-associated. For example, oligonucleotides that are shown to hybridize with such efficiency and under such conditions as disclosed herein as to be effective MD-1 RP105-associated inhibitors will also be effective primers or probes under conditions favoring gene amplification or detection, respectively. These primers and probes are useful in methods requiring the specific detection of nucleic acid molecules encoding MD-1 RP105-associated and in the amplification of said nucleic acid molecules for detection or for use in further studies of MD-1 RP105-associated. Hybridization of the antisense oligonucleotides, particularly the primers and probes, of the invention with a nucleic acid encoding MD-1 RP105-associated can be detected by means known in the art. Such means may include conjugation of an enzyme to the oligonucleotide, radiolabelling of the oligonucleotide or any other suitable detection means. Kits using such detection means for detecting the level of MD-1 RP105-associated in a sample may also be prepared.

[0065] The specificity and sensitivity of antisense is also harnessed by those of skill in the art for therapeutic uses. Antisense compounds have been employed as therapeutic moieties in the treatment of disease states in animals, including humans. Antisense oligonucleotide drugs, including ribozymes, have been safely and effectively administered to humans and numerous clinical trials are presently underway. It is thus established that antisense compounds can be useful therapeutic modalities that can be configured to be useful in treatment regimes for the treatment of cells, tissues and animals, especially humans.

[0066] For therapeutics, an animal, preferably a human, suspected of having a disease or disorder which can be treated by modulating the expression of MD-1 RP105-associated is treated by administering antisense compounds in accordance with this invention. For example, in one non-limiting embodiment, the methods comprise the step of administering to the animal in need of treatment, a therapeutically effective amount of a MD-1 RP105-associated inhibitor. The MD-1 RP105-associated inhibitors of the present invention effectively inhibit the activity of the MD-1 RP105-associated protein or inhibit the expression of the MD-1 RP105-associated protein. In one embodiment, the activity or expression of MD-1 RP105-associated in an animal is inhibited by about 10%. Preferably, the activity or expression of MD-1 RP105-associated in an animal is inhibited by about 30%. More preferably, the activity or expression of MD-1 RP105-associated in an animal is inhibited by 50% or more.

[0067] For example, the reduction of the expression of MD-1 RP105-associated may be measured in serum, adipose tissue, liver or any other body fluid, tissue or organ of the animal. Preferably, the cells contained within said fluids, tissues or organs being analyzed contain a nucleic acid molecule encoding MD-1 RP105-associated protein and/or the MD-1 RP105-associated protein itself.

[0068] The compounds of the invention can be utilized in pharmaceutical compositions by adding an effective amount of a compound to a suitable pharmaceutically acceptable diluent or carrier. Use of the compounds and methods of the invention may also be useful prophylactically.

[0069] F. Modifications

[0070] As is known in the art, a nucleoside is a base-sugar combination. The base portion of the nucleoside is normally a heterocyclic base. The two most common classes of such heterocyclic bases are the purines and the pyrimidines. Nucleotides are nucleosides that further include a phosphate group covalently linked to the sugar portion of the nucleoside. For those nucleosides that include a pentofuranosyl sugar, the phosphate group can be linked to either the 2′, 3′ or 5′ hydroxyl moiety of the sugar. In forming oligonucleotides, the phosphate groups covalently link adjacent nucleosides to one another to form a linear polymeric compound. In turn, the respective ends of this linear polymeric compound can be further joined to form a circular compound, however, linear compounds are generally preferred. In addition, linear compounds may have internal nucleobase complementarity and may therefore fold in a manner as to produce a fully or partially double-stranded compound. Within oligonucleotides, the phosphate groups are commonly referred to as forming the internucleoside backbone of the oligonucleotide. The normal linkage or backbone of RNA and DNA is a 3′ to 5′ phosphodiester linkage.

[0071] Modified Internucleoside Linkages (Backbones)

[0072] Specific examples of preferred antisense compounds useful in this invention include oligonucleotides containing modified backbones or non-natural internucleoside linkages. As defined in this specification, oligonucleotides having modified backbones include those that retain a phosphorus atom in the backbone and those that do not have a phosphorus atom in the backbone. For the purposes of this specification, and as sometimes referenced in the art, modified oligonucleotides that do not have a phosphorus atom in their internucleoside backbone can also be considered to be oligonucleosides.

[0073] Preferred modified oligonucleotide backbones containing a phosphorus atom therein include, for example, phosphorothioates, chiral phosphorothioates, phosphorodithioates, phosphotriesters, aminoalkylphosphotriesters, methyl and other alkyl phosphonates including 3′-alkylene phosphonates, 5′-alkylene phosphonates and chiral phosphonates, phosphinates, phosphoramidates including 3′-amino phosphoramidate and aminoalkylphosphoramidates, thionophosphoramidates, thionoalkylphosphonates, thionoalkylphosphotriesters, selenophosphates and borano-phosphates having normal 3′-5′ linkages, 2′-5′ linked analogs of these, and those having inverted polarity wherein one or more internucleotide linkages is a 3′ to 3′, 5′ to 5′ or 2′ to 2′ linkage. Preferred oligonucleotides having inverted polarity comprise a single 3′ to 3′ linkage at the 3′-most internucleotide linkage i.e. a single inverted nucleoside residue which may be abasic (the nucleobase is missing or has a hydroxyl group in place thereof). Various salts, mixed salts and free acid forms are also included.

[0074] Representative United States patents that teach the preparation of the above phosphorus-containing linkages include, but are not limited to, U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,687,808; 4,469,863; 4,476,301; 5,023,243; 5,177,196; 5,188,897; 5,264,423; 5,276,019; 5,278,302; 5,286,717; 5,321,131; 5,399,676; 5,405,939; 5,453,496; 5,455,233; 5,466,677; 5,476,925; 5,519,126; 5,536,821; 5,541,306; 5,550,111; 5,563,253; 5,571,799; 5,587,361; 5,194,599; 5,565,555; 5,527,899; 5,721,218; 5,672,697 and 5,625,050, certain of which are commonly owned with this application, and each of which is herein incorporated by reference.

[0075] Preferred modified oligonucleotide backbones that do not include a phosphorus atom therein have backbones that are formed by short chain alkyl or cycloalkyl internucleoside linkages, mixed heteroatom and alkyl or cycloalkyl internucleoside linkages, or one or more short chain heteroatomic or heterocyclic internucleoside linkages. These include those having morpholino linkages (formed in part from the sugar portion of a nucleoside); siloxane backbones; sulfide, sulfoxide and sulfone backbones; formacetyl and thioformacetyl backbones; methylene formacetyl and thioformacetyl backbones; riboacetyl backbones; alkene containing backbones; sulfamate backbones; methyleneimino and methylenehydrazino backbones; sulfonate and sulfonamide backbones; amide backbones; and others having mixed N, O, S and CH₂ component parts.

[0076] Representative United States patents that teach the preparation of the above oligonucleosides include, but are not limited to, U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,034,506; 5,166,315; 5,185,444; 5,214,134; 5,216,141; 5,235,033; 5,264,562; 5,264,564; 5,405,938; 5,434,257; 5,466,677; 5,470,967; 5,489,677; 5,541,307; 5,561,225; 5,596,086; 5,602,240; 5,610,289; 5,602,240; 5,608,046; 5,610,289; 5,618,704; 5,623,070; 5,663,312; 5,633,360; 5,677,437; 5,792,608; 5,646,269 and 5,677,439, certain of which are commonly owned with this application, and each of which is herein incorporated by reference.

[0077] Modified Sugar and Internucleoside Linkages—Mimetics

[0078] In other preferred oligonucleotide mimetics, both the sugar and the internucleoside linkage (i.e. the backbone), of the nucleotide units are replaced with novel groups. The nucleobase units are maintained for hybridization with an appropriate target nucleic acid. One such compound, an oligonucleotide mimetic that has been shown to have excellent hybridization properties, is referred to as a peptide nucleic acid (PNA). In PNA compounds, the sugar-backbone of an oligonucleotide is replaced with an amide containing backbone, in particular an aminoethylglycine backbone. The nucleobases are retained and are bound directly or indirectly to aza nitrogen atoms of the amide portion of the backbone. Representative United States patents that teach the preparation of PNA compounds include, but are not limited to, U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,539,082; 5,714,331; and 5,719,262, each of which is herein incorporated by reference. Further teaching of PNA compounds can be found in Nielsen et al., Science, 1991, 254, 1497-1500.

[0079] Preferred embodiments of the invention are oligonucleotides with phosphorothioate backbones and oligonucleosides with heteroatom backbones, and in particular —CH₂—NH—O—CH₂—, —CH₂—N(CH₃)—O—CH₂— [known as a methylene (methylimino) or MMI backbone], —CH₂—O—N(CH₃)—CH₂—, —CH₂—N(CH₃)—N(CH₃)—CH₂— and —O—N(CH₃)—CH₂—CH₂— [wherein the native phosphodiester backbone is represented as —O—P—O—CH₂—] of the above referenced U.S. Pat. No. 5,489,677, and the amide backbones of the above referenced U.S. Pat. No. 5,602,240. Also preferred are oligonucleotides having morpholino backbone structures of the above-referenced U.S. Pat. No. 5,034,506.

[0080] Modified Sugars

[0081] Modified oligonucleotides may also contain one or more substituted sugar moieties. Preferred oligonucleotides comprise one of the following at the 2′ position: OH; F; O—, S—, or N-alkyl; O—, S—, or N-alkenyl; O—, S— or N-alkynyl; or O-alkyl-O-alkyl, wherein the alkyl, alkenyl and alkynyl may be substituted or unsubstituted C₁ to C₁₀ alkyl or C₂ to C₁₀ alkenyl and alkynyl. Particularly preferred are O[(CH₂)_(n)O]_(m)CH₃, O(CH₂)_(n)OCH₃, O(CH₂)_(n)NH₂, O(CH₂)_(n)CH₃, O(CH₂)_(n)ONH₂, and O(CH₂)_(n)ON[(CH₂)_(n)CH₃]₂, where n and m are from 1 to about 10. Other preferred oligonucleotides comprise one of the following at the 2′ position: C₁ to C₁₀ lower alkyl, substituted lower alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkaryl, aralkyl, O-alkaryl or O-aralkyl, SH, SCH₃, OCN, Cl, Br, CN, CF₃, OCF₃, SOCH₃, SO₂CH₃, ONO₂, NO₂, N₃, NH₂, heterocycloalkyl, heterocycloalkaryl, aminoalkylamino, polyalkylamino, substituted silyl, an RNA cleaving group, a reporter group, an intercalator, a group for improving the pharmacokinetic properties of an oligonucleotide, or a group for improving the pharmacodynamic properties of an oligonucleotide, and other substituents having similar properties. A preferred modification includes 2′-methoxyethoxy (2′-O—CH₂CH₂OCH₃, also known as 2′-O-(2-methoxyethyl) or 2′-MOE) (Martin et al., Helv. Chim. Acta, 1995, 78, 486-504) i.e., an alkoxyalkoxy group. A further preferred modification includes 2′-dimethylaminooxyethoxy, i.e., a O(CH₂)₂ON(CH₃)₂ group, also known as 2′-DMAOE, as described in examples hereinbelow, and 2′-dimethylaminoethoxyethoxy (also known in the art as 2′-O-dimethyl-amino-ethoxy-ethyl or 2′-DMAEOE), i.e., 2′-O—CH₂—O—CH₂—N(CH₃)₂, also described in examples hereinbelow.

[0082] Other preferred modifications include 2′-methoxy (2′-O—CH₃), 2′-aminopropoxy (2′-OCH₂CH₂CH₂NH₂), 2′-allyl (2′-CH₂—CH═CH₂), 2′-O-allyl (2′-O—CH₂—CH═CH₂) and 2′-fluoro (2′-F). The 2′-modification may be in the arabino (up) position or ribo (down) position. A preferred 2′-arabino modification is 2′-F. Similar modifications may also be made at other positions on the oligonucleotide, particularly the 3′ position of the sugar on the 3′ terminal nucleotide or in 2′-5′ linked oligonucleotides and the 5′ position of 5′ terminal nucleotide. Oligonucleotides may also have sugar mimetics such as cyclobutyl moieties in place of the pentofuranosyl sugar. Representative United States patents that teach the preparation of such modified sugar structures include, but are not limited to, U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,981,957; 5,118,800; 5,319,080; 5,359,044; 5,393,878; 5,446,137; 5,466,786; 5,514,785; 5,519,134; 5,567,811; 5,576,427; 5,591,722; 5,597,909; 5,610,300; 5,627,053; 5,639,873; 5,646,265; 5,658,873; 5,670,633; 5,792,747; and 5,700,920, certain of which are commonly owned with the instant application, and each of which is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety.

[0083] A further preferred modification of the sugar includes Locked Nucleic Acids (LNAs) in which the 2′-hydroxyl group is linked to the 3′ or 4′ carbon atom of the sugar ring, thereby forming a bicyclic sugar moiety. The linkage is preferably a methylene (—CH₂—)_(n) group bridging the 2′ oxygen atom and the 4′ carbon atom wherein n is 1 or 2. LNAs and preparation thereof are described in WO 98/39352 and WO 99/14226.

[0084] Natural and Modified Nucleobases

[0085] Oligonucleotides may also include nucleobase (often referred to in the art simply as “base”) modifications or substitutions. As used herein, “unmodified” or “natural” nucleobases include the purine bases adenine (A) and guanine (G), and the pyrimidine bases thymine (T), cytosine (C) and uracil (U). Modified nucleobases include other synthetic and natural nucleobases such as 5-methylcytosine (5-me-C), 5-hydroxymethyl cytosine, xanthine, hypoxanthine, 2-aminoadenine, 6-methyl and other alkyl derivatives of adenine and guanine, 2-propyl and other alkyl derivatives of adenine and guanine, 2-thiouracil, 2-thiothymine and 2-thiocytosine, 5-halouracil and cytosine, 5-propynyl (—C≡C—CH₃) uracil and cytosine and other alkynyl derivatives of pyrimidine bases, 6-azo uracil, cytosine and thymine, 5-uracil (pseudouracil), 4-thiouracil, 8-halo, 8-amino, 8-thiol, 8-thioalkyl, 8-hydroxyl and other 8-substituted adenines and guanines, 5-halo particularly 5-bromo, 5-trifluoromethyl and other 5-substituted uracils and cytosines, 7-methylguanine and 7-methyladenine, 2-F-adenine, 2-amino-adenine, 8-azaguanine and 8-azaadenine, 7-deazaguanine and 7-deazaadenine and 3-deazaguanine and 3-deazaadenine. Further modified nucleobases include tricyclic pyrimidines such as phenoxazine cytidine(1H-pyrimido[5,4-b][1,4]benzoxazin-2(3H)-one), phenothiazine cytidine (1H-pyrimido[5,4-b][1,4]benzothiazin-2(3H)-one), G-clamps such as a substituted phenoxazine cytidine (e.g. 9-(2-aminoethoxy)-H-pyrimido[5,4-b][1,4]benzoxazin-2(3H)-one), carbazole cytidine (2H-pyrimido[4,5-b]indol-2-one), pyridoindole cytidine (H-pyrido[3′,2′:4,5]pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-2-one). Modified nucleobases may also include those in which the purine or pyrimidine base is replaced with other heterocycles, for example 7-deaza-adenine, 7-deazaguanosine, 2-aminopyridine and 2-pyridone. Further nucleobases include those disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 3,687,808, those disclosed in The Concise Encyclopedia Of Polymer Science And Engineering, pages 858-859, Kroschwitz, J. I., ed. John Wiley & Sons, 1990, those disclosed by Englisch et al., Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, 1991, 30, 613, and those disclosed by Sanghvi, Y. S., Chapter 15, Antisense Research and Applications, pages 289-302, Crooke, S. T. and Lebleu, B. ed., CRC Press, 1993. Certain of these nucleobases are particularly useful for increasing the binding affinity of the compounds of the invention. These include 5-substituted pyrimidines, 6-azapyrimidines and N-2, N-6 and O-6 substituted purines, including 2-aminopropyladenine, 5-propynyluracil and 5-propynylcytosine. 5-methylcytosine substitutions have been shown to increase nucleic acid duplex stability by 0.6-1.2° C. and are presently preferred base substitutions, even more particularly when combined with 2′-O-methoxyethyl sugar modifications.

[0086] Representative United States patents that teach the preparation of certain of the above noted modified nucleobases as well as other modified nucleobases include, but are not limited to, the above noted U.S. Pat. No. 3,687,808, as well as U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,845,205; 5,130,302; 5,134,066; 5,175,273; 5,367,066; 5,432,272; 5,457,187; 5,459,255; 5,484,908; 5,502,177; 5,525,711; 5,552,540; 5,587,469; 5,594,121, 5,596,091; 5,614,617; 5,645,985; 5,830,653; 5,763,588; 6,005,096; and 5,681,941, certain of which are commonly owned with the instant application, and each of which is herein incorporated by reference, and U.S. Pat. No. 5,750,692, which is commonly owned with the instant application and also herein incorporated by reference.

[0087] Conjugates

[0088] Another modification of the oligonucleotides of the invention involves chemically linking to the oligonucleotide one or more moieties or conjugates which enhance the activity, cellular distribution or cellular uptake of the oligonucleotide. These moieties or conjugates can include conjugate groups covalently bound to functional groups such as primary or secondary hydroxyl groups. Conjugate groups of the invention include intercalators, reporter molecules, polyamines, polyamides, polyethylene glycols, polyethers, groups that enhance the pharmacodynamic properties of oligomers, and groups that enhance the pharmacokinetic properties of oligomers. Typical conjugate groups include cholesterols, lipids, phospholipids, biotin, phenazine, folate, phenanthridine, anthraquinone, acridine, fluoresceins, rhodamines, coumarins, and dyes. Groups that enhance the pharmacodynamic properties, in the context of this invention, include groups that improve uptake, enhance resistance to degradation, and/or strengthen sequence-specific hybridization with the target nucleic acid. Groups that enhance the pharmacokinetic properties, in the context of this invention, include groups that improve uptake, distribution, metabolism or excretion of the compounds of the present invention. Representative conjugate groups are disclosed in International Patent Application PCT/US92/09196, filed Oct. 23, 1992, and U.S. Pat. No. 6,287,860, the entire disclosure of which are incorporated herein by reference. Conjugate moieties include but are not limited to lipid moieties such as a cholesterol moiety, cholic acid, a thioether, e.g., hexyl-S-tritylthiol, a thiocholesterol, an aliphatic chain, e.g., dodecandiol or undecyl residues, a phospholipid, e.g., di-hexadecyl-rac-glycerol or triethylammonium 1,2-di-O-hexadecyl-rac-glycero-3-H-phosphonate, a polyamine or a polyethylene glycol chain, or adamantane acetic acid, a palmityl moiety, or an octadecylamine or hexylamino-carbonyl-oxycholesterol moiety. Oligonucleotides of the invention may also be conjugated to active drug substances, for example, aspirin, warfarin, phenylbutazone, ibuprofen, suprofen, fenbufen, ketoprofen, (S)-(+)-pranoprofen, carprofen, dansylsarcosine, 2,3,5-triiodobenzoic acid, flufenamic acid, folinic acid, a benzothiadiazide, chlorothiazide, a diazepine, indomethicin, a barbiturate, a cephalosporin, a sulfa drug, an antidiabetic, an antibacterial or an antibiotic. Oligonucleotide-drug conjugates and their preparation are described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/334,130 (filed Jun. 15, 1999) which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

[0089] Representative United States patents that teach the preparation of such oligonucleotide conjugates include, but are not limited to, U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,828,979; 4,948,882; 5,218,105; 5,525,465; 5,541,313; 5,545,730; 5,552,538; 5,578,717, 5,580,731; 5,580,731; 5,591,584; 5,109,124; 5,118,802; 5,138,045; 5,414,077; 5,486,603; 5,512,439; 5,578,718; 5,608,046; 4,587,044; 4,605,735; 4,667,025; 4,762,779; 4,789,737; 4,824,941; 4,835,263; 4,876,335; 4,904,582; 4,958,013; 5,082,830; 5,112,963; 5,214,136; 5,082,830; 5,112,963; 5,214,136; 5,245,022; 5,254,469; 5,258,506; 5,262,536; 5,272,250; 5,292,873; 5,317,098; 5,371,241, 5,391,723; 5,416,203, 5,451,463; 5,510,475; 5,512,667; 5,514,785; 5,565,552; 5,567,810; 5,574,142; 5,585,481; 5,587,371; 5,595,726; 5,597,696; 5,599,923; 5,599,928 and 5,688,941, certain of which are commonly owned with the instant application, and each of which is herein incorporated by reference.

[0090] Chimeric Compounds

[0091] It is not necessary for all positions in a given compound to be uniformly modified, and in fact more than one of the aforementioned modifications may be incorporated in a single compound or even at a single nucleoside within an oligonucleotide.

[0092] The present invention also includes antisense compounds which are chimeric compounds. “Chimeric” antisense compounds or “chimeras,” in the context of this invention, are antisense compounds, particularly oligonucleotides, which contain two or more chemically distinct regions, each made up of at least one monomer unit, i.e., a nucleotide in the case of an oligonucleotide compound. These oligonucleotides typically contain at least one region wherein the oligonucleotide is modified so as to confer upon the oligonucleotide increased resistance to nuclease degradation, increased cellular uptake, increased stability and/or increased binding affinity for the target nucleic acid. An additional region of the oligonucleotide may serve as a substrate for enzymes capable of cleaving RNA:DNA or RNA:RNA hybrids. By way of example, RNAse H is a cellular endonuclease which cleaves the RNA strand of an RNA:DNA duplex. Activation of RNase H, therefore, results in cleavage of the RNA target, thereby greatly enhancing the efficiency of oligonucleotide-mediated inhibition of gene expression. The cleavage of RNA:RNA hybrids can, in like fashion, be accomplished through the actions of endoribonucleases, such as RNAseL which cleaves both cellular and viral RNA. Cleavage of the RNA target can be routinely detected by gel electrophoresis and, if necessary, associated nucleic acid hybridization techniques known in the art.

[0093] Chimeric antisense compounds of the invention may be formed as composite structures of two or more oligonucleotides, modified oligonucleotides, oligonucleosides and/or oligonucleotide mimetics as described above. Such compounds have also been referred to in the art as hybrids or gapmers. Representative United States patents that teach the preparation of such hybrid structures include, but are not limited to, U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,013,830; 5,149,797; 5,220,007; 5,256,775; 5,366,878; 5,403,711; 5,491,133; 5,565,350; 5,623,065; 5,652,355; 5,652,356; and 5,700,922, certain of which are commonly owned with the instant application, and each of which is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety.

[0094] G. Formulations

[0095] The compounds of the invention may also be admixed, encapsulated, conjugated or otherwise associated with other molecules, molecule structures or mixtures of compounds, as for example, liposomes, receptor-targeted molecules, oral, rectal, topical or other formulations, for assisting in uptake, distribution and/or absorption. Representative United States patents that teach the preparation of such uptake, distribution and/or absorption-assisting formulations include, but are not limited to, U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,108,921; 5,354,844; 5,416,016; 5,459,127; 5,521,291; 5,543,158; 5,547,932; 5,583,020; 5,591,721; 4,426,330; 4,534,899; 5,013,556; 5,108,921; 5,213,804; 5,227,170; 5,264,221; 5,356,633; 5,395,619; 5,416,016; 5,417,978; 5,462,854; 5,469,854; 5,512,295; 5,527,528; 5,534,259; 5,543,152; 5,556,948; 5,580,575; and 5,595,756, each of which is herein incorporated by reference.

[0096] The antisense compounds of the invention encompass any pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, or salts of such esters, or any other compound which, upon administration to an animal, including a human, is capable of providing (directly or indirectly) the biologically active metabolite or residue thereof. Accordingly, for example, the disclosure is also drawn to prodrugs and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds of the invention, pharmaceutically acceptable salts of such prodrugs, and other bioequivalents.

[0097] The term “prodrug” indicates a therapeutic agent that is prepared in an inactive form that is converted to an active form (i.e., drug) within the body or cells thereof by the action of endogenous enzymes or other chemicals and/or conditions. In particular, prodrug versions of the oligonucleotides of the invention are prepared as SATE [(S-acetyl-2-thioethyl) phosphate] derivatives according to the methods disclosed in WO 93/24510 to Gosselin et al., published Dec. 9, 1993 or in WO 94/26764 and U.S. Pat. No. 5,770,713 to Imbach et al.

[0098] The term “pharmaceutically acceptable salts” refers to physiologically and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds of the invention: i.e., salts that retain the desired biological activity of the parent compound and do not impart undesired toxicological effects thereto. For oligonucleotides, preferred examples of pharmaceutically acceptable salts and their uses are further described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,287,860, which is incorporated herein in its entirety.

[0099] The present invention also includes pharmaceutical compositions and formulations which include the antisense compounds of the invention. The pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention may be administered in a number of ways depending upon whether local or systemic treatment is desired and upon the area to be treated. Administration may be topical (including ophthalmic and to mucous membranes including vaginal and rectal delivery), pulmonary, e.g., by inhalation or insufflation of powders or aerosols, including by nebulizer; intratracheal, intranasal, epidermal and transdermal), oral or parenteral. Parenteral administration includes intravenous, intraarterial, subcutaneous, intraperitoneal or intramuscular injection or infusion; or intracranial, e.g., intrathecal or intraventricular, administration. Oligonucleotides with at least one 2′—O-methoxyethyl modification are believed to be particularly useful for oral administration. Pharmaceutical compositions and formulations for topical administration may include transdermal patches, ointments, lotions, creams, gels, drops, suppositories, sprays, liquids and powders. Conventional pharmaceutical carriers, aqueous, powder or oily bases, thickeners and the like may be necessary or desirable. Coated condoms, gloves and the like may also be useful.

[0100] The pharmaceutical formulations of the present invention, which may conveniently be presented in unit dosage form, may be prepared according to conventional techniques well known in the pharmaceutical industry. Such techniques include the step of bringing into association the active ingredients with the pharmaceutical carrier(s) or excipient(s). In general, the formulations are prepared by uniformly and intimately bringing into association the active ingredients with liquid carriers or finely divided solid carriers or both, and then, if necessary, shaping the product.

[0101] The compositions of the present invention may be formulated into any of many possible dosage forms such as, but not limited to, tablets, capsules, gel capsules, liquid syrups, soft gels, suppositories, and enemas. The compositions of the present invention may also be formulated as suspensions in aqueous, non-aqueous or mixed media. Aqueous suspensions may further contain substances which increase the viscosity of the suspension including, for example, sodium carboxymethylcellulose, sorbitol and/or dextran. The suspension may also contain stabilizers.

[0102] Pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention include, but are not limited to, solutions, emulsions, foams and liposome-containing formulations. The pharmaceutical compositions and formulations of the present invention may comprise one or more penetration enhancers, carriers, excipients or other active or inactive ingredients.

[0103] Emulsions are typically heterogenous systems of one liquid dispersed in another in the form of droplets usually exceeding 0.1 μm in diameter. Emulsions may contain additional components in addition to the dispersed phases, and the active drug which may be present as a solution in either the aqueous phase, oily phase or itself as a separate phase. Microemulsions are included as an embodiment of the present invention. Emulsions and their uses are well known in the art and are further described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,287,860, which is incorporated herein in its entirety.

[0104] Formulations of the present invention include liposomal formulations. As used in the present invention, the term “liposome” means a vesicle composed of amphiphilic lipids arranged in a spherical bilayer or bilayers. Liposomes are unilamellar or multilamellar vesicles which have a membrane formed from a lipophilic material and an aqueous interior that contains the composition to be delivered. Cationic liposomes are positively charged liposomes which are believed to interact with negatively charged DNA molecules to form a stable complex. Liposomes that are pH-sensitive or negatively-charged are believed to entrap DNA rather than complex with it. Both cationic and noncationic liposomes have been used to deliver DNA to cells.

[0105] Liposomes also include “sterically stabilized” liposomes, a term which, as used herein, refers to liposomes comprising one or more specialized lipids that, when incorporated into liposomes, result in enhanced circulation lifetimes relative to liposomes lacking such specialized lipids. Examples of sterically stabilized liposomes are those in which part of the vesicle-forming lipid portion of the liposome comprises one or more glycolipids or is derivatized with one or more hydrophilic polymers, such as a polyethylene glycol (PEG) moiety. Liposomes and their uses are further described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,287,860, which is incorporated herein in its entirety.

[0106] The pharmaceutical formulations and compositions of the present invention may also include surfactants. The use of surfactants in drug products, formulations and in emulsions is well known in the art. Surfactants and their uses are further described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,287,860, which is incorporated herein in its entirety.

[0107] In one embodiment, the present invention employs various penetration enhancers to effect the efficient delivery of nucleic acids, particularly oligonucleotides. In addition to aiding the diffusion of non-lipophilic drugs across cell membranes, penetration enhancers also enhance the permeability of lipophilic drugs. Penetration enhancers may be classified as belonging to one of five broad categories, i.e., surfactants, fatty acids, bile salts, chelating agents, and non-chelating non-surfactants. Penetration enhancers and their uses are further described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,287,860, which is incorporated herein in its entirety.

[0108] One of skill in the art will recognize that formulations are routinely designed according to their intended use, i.e. route of administration.

[0109] Preferred formulations for topical administration include those in which the oligonucleotides of the invention are in admixture with a topical delivery agent such as lipids, liposomes, fatty acids, fatty acid esters, steroids, chelating agents and surfactants. Preferred lipids and liposomes include neutral (e.g. dioleoylphosphatidyl DOPE ethanolamine, dimyristoylphosphatidyl choline DMPC, distearolyphosphatidyl choline) negative (e.g. dimyristoylphosphatidyl glycerol DMPG) and cationic (e.g. dioleoyltetramethylaminopropyl DOTAP and dioleoylphosphatidyl ethanolamine DOTMA).

[0110] For topical or other administration, oligonucleotides of the invention may be encapsulated within liposomes or may form complexes thereto, in particular to cationic liposomes. Alternatively, oligonucleotides may be complexed to lipids, in particular to cationic lipids. Preferred fatty acids and esters, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and their uses are further described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,287,860, which is incorporated herein in its entirety. Topical formulations are described in detail in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/315,298 filed on May 20, 1999, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

[0111] Compositions and formulations for oral administration include powders or granules, microparticulates, nanoparticulates, suspensions or solutions in water or non-aqueous media, capsules, gel capsules, sachets, tablets or minitablets. Thickeners, flavoring agents, diluents, emulsifiers, dispersing aids or binders may be desirable. Preferred oral formulations are those in which oligonucleotides of the invention are administered in conjunction with one or more penetration enhancers surfactants and chelators. Preferred surfactants include fatty acids and/or esters or salts thereof, bile acids and/or salts thereof. Preferred bile acids/salts and fatty acids and their uses are further described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,287,860, which is incorporated herein in its entirety. Also preferred are combinations of penetration enhancers, for example, fatty acids/salts in combination with bile acids/salts. A particularly preferred combination is the sodium salt of lauric acid, capric acid and UDCA. Further penetration enhancers include polyoxyethylene-9-lauryl ether, polyoxyethylene-20-cetyl ether. Oligonucleotides of the invention may be delivered orally, in granular form including sprayed dried particles, or complexed to form micro or nanoparticles. Oligonucleotide complexing agents and their uses are further described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,287,860, which is incorporated herein in its entirety. Oral formulations for oligonucleotides and their preparation are described in detail in U.S. application Ser. No. 09/108,673 (filed Jul. 1, 1998), Ser. No. 09/315,298 (filed May 20, 1999) and Ser. No. 10/071,822, filed Feb. 8, 2002, each of which is incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.

[0112] Compositions and formulations for parenteral, intrathecal or intraventricular administration may include sterile aqueous solutions which may also contain buffers, diluents and other suitable additives such as, but not limited to, penetration enhancers, carrier compounds and other pharmaceutically acceptable carriers or excipients.

[0113] Certain embodiments of the invention provide pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more oligomeric compounds and one or more other chemotherapeutic agents which function by a non-antisense mechanism. Examples of such chemotherapeutic agents include but are not limited to cancer chemotherapeutic drugs such as daunorubicin, daunomycin, dactinomycin, doxorubicin, epirubicin, idarubicin, esorubicin, bleomycin, mafosfamide, ifosfamide, cytosine arabinoside, bis-chloroethylnitrosurea, busulfan, mitomycin C, actinomycin D, mithramycin, prednisone, hydroxyprogesterone, testosterone, tamoxifen, dacarbazine, procarbazine, hexamethylmelamine, pentamethylmelamine, mitoxantrone, amsacrine, chlorambucil, methylcyclohexylnitrosurea, nitrogen mustards, melphalan, cyclophosphamide, 6-mercaptopurine, 6-thioguanine, cytarabine, 5-azacytidine, hydroxyurea, deoxycoformycin, 4-hydroxyperoxycyclophosphoramide, 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), 5-fluorodeoxyuridine (5-FUdR), methotrexate (MTX), colchicine, taxol, vincristine, vinblastine, etoposide (VP-16), trimetrexate, irinotecan, topotecan, gemcitabine, teniposide, cisplatin and diethylstilbestrol (DES). When used with the compounds of the invention, such chemotherapeutic agents may be used individually (e.g., 5-FU and oligonucleotide), sequentially (e.g., 5-FU and oligonucleotide for a period of time followed by MTX and oligonucleotide), or in combination with one or more other such chemotherapeutic agents (e.g., 5-FU, MTX and oligonucleotide, or 5-FU, radiotherapy and oligonucleotide). Anti-inflammatory drugs, including but not limited to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and corticosteroids, and antiviral drugs, including but not limited to ribivirin, vidarabine, acyclovir and ganciclovir, may also be combined in compositions of the invention. Combinations of antisense compounds and other non-antisense drugs are also within the scope of this invention. Two or more combined compounds may be used together or sequentially.

[0114] In another related embodiment, compositions of the invention may contain one or more antisense compounds, particularly oligonucleotides, targeted to a first nucleic acid and one or more additional antisense compounds targeted to a second nucleic acid target. Alternatively, compositions of the invention may contain two or more antisense compounds targeted to different regions of the same nucleic acid target. Numerous examples of antisense compounds are known in the art. Two or more combined compounds may be used together or sequentially.

[0115] H. Dosing

[0116] The formulation of therapeutic compositions and their subsequent administration (dosing) is believed to be within the skill of those in the art. Dosing is dependent on severity and responsiveness of the disease state to be treated, with the course of treatment lasting from several days to several months, or until a cure is effected or a diminution of the disease state is achieved. Optimal dosing schedules can be calculated from measurements of drug accumulation in the body of the patient. Persons of ordinary skill can easily determine optimum dosages, dosing methodologies and repetition rates. Optimum dosages may vary depending on the relative potency of individual oligonucleotides, and can generally be estimated based on EC₅₀s found to be effective in in vitro and in vivo animal models. In general, dosage is from 0.01 ug to 100 g per kg of body weight, and may be given once or more daily, weekly, monthly or yearly, or even once every 2 to 20 years. Persons of ordinary skill in the art can easily estimate repetition rates for dosing based on measured residence times and concentrations of the drug in bodily fluids or tissues. Following successful treatment, it may be desirable to have the patient undergo maintenance therapy to prevent the recurrence of the disease state, wherein the oligonucleotide is administered in maintenance doses, ranging from 0.01 ug to 100 g per kg of body weight, once or more daily, to once every 20 years.

[0117] While the present invention has been described with specificity in accordance with certain of its preferred embodiments, the following examples serve only to illustrate the invention and are not intended to limit the same.

EXAMPLES Example 1

[0118] Synthesis of Nucleoside Phosphoramidites

[0119] The following compounds, including amidites and their intermediates were prepared as described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,426,220 and published PCT WO 02/36743; 5′-O-Dimethoxytrityl-thymidine intermediate for 5-methyl dC amidite, 5′-O-Dimethoxytrityl-2′-deoxy-5-methylcytidine intermediate for 5-methyl-dC amidite, 5′-O-Dimethoxytrityl-2′-deoxy-N-4-benzoyl-5-methylcytidine penultimate intermediate for 5-methyl dC amidite, [5′-O-(4,4′-Dimethoxytriphenylmethyl)-2′-deoxy-N⁴-benzoyl-5-methylcytidin-3′-O-yl]-2-cyanoethyl-N,N-diisopropylphosphoramidite (5-methyl dC amidite), 2′-Fluorodeoxyadenosine, 2′-Fluorodeoxyguanosine, 2′-Fluorouridine, 2′-Fluorodeoxycytidine, 2′-O-(2-Methoxyethyl) modified amidites, 2′-O-(2-methoxyethyl)-5-methyluridine intermediate, 5′-O-DMT-2′-O-(2-methoxyethyl)-5-methyluridine penultimate intermediate, [5′-O-(4,4′-Dimethoxytriphenylmethyl)-2-O-(2-methoxyethyl)-5-methyluridin-3′-O-yl]-2-cyanoethyl-N,N-diisopropylphosphoramidite (MOE T amidite), 5′-O-Dimethoxytrityl-2′-O-(2-methoxyethyl)-5-methylcytidine intermediate, 5′-O-dimethoxytrityl-2′-O-(2-methoxyethyl)-N⁴-benzoyl-5-methyl-cytidine penultimate intermediate, [5′-O-(4,4′-Dimethoxytriphenylmethyl)-2′-O-(2-methoxyethyl)-N⁴-benzoyl-5-methylcytidin-3′-O-yl]-2-cyanoethyl-N,N-diisopropylphosphoramidite (MOE 5-Me-C amidite), [5′-O-(4,4′-Dimethoxytriphenylmethyl)-2′-O-(2-methoxyethyl)-N⁶-benzoyladenosin-3′-O-yl]-2-cyanoethyl-N,N-diisopropylphosphoramidite (MOE A amdite), [5′-O-(4,4′-Dimethoxytriphenylmethyl)-2′-O-(2-methoxyethyl)-N⁴-isobutyrylguanosin-3′-O-yl]-2-cyanoethyl-N,N-diisopropylphosphoramidite (MOE G amidite), 2′-O-(Aminooxyethyl) nucleoside amidites and 2′-O-(dimethylaminooxyethyl) nucleoside amidites, 2′-(Dimethylaminooxyethoxy) nucleoside amidites, 5′-O-tert-Butyldiphenylsilyl-O²-2′-anhydro-5-methyluridine, 5′-O-tert-Butyldiphenylsilyl-2′-O-(2-hydroxyethyl)-5-methyluridine, 2′-O-([2-phthalimidoxy)ethyl]-5′-t-butyldiphenylsilyl-5-methyluridine, 5′-O-tert-butyldiphenylsilyl-2′-O-[(2-formadoximinooxy)ethyl]-5-methyluridine, 5′-O-tert-Butyldiphenylsilyl-2′-O-[N,N dimethylaminooxyethyl]-5-methyluridine, 2′-O-(dimethylaminooxyethyl)-5-methyluridine, 5′-O-DMT-2′-O-(dimethylaminooxyethyl)-5-methyluridine, 5′-O-DMT-2′-O-(2-N,N-dimethylaminooxyethyl)-5-methyluridine-3′-[(2-cyanoethyl)-N,N-diisopropylphosphoramidite], 2′-(Aminooxyethoxy) nucleoside amidites, N2-isobutyryl-6-O-diphenylcarbamoyl-2′-O-(2-ethylacetyl)-5′-O-(4,4′-dimethoxytrityl)guanosine-3′-[(2-cyanoethyl)-N,N-diisopropylphosphoramidite], 2′-dimethylaminoethoxyethoxy (2′-DMAEOE) nucleoside amidites, 2′-O-[2(2-N,N-dimethylaminoethoxy)ethyl]-5-methyl uridine, 5′-O-dimethoxytrityl-2′-O-[2(2-N,N-dimethylaminoethoxy)-ethyl)]-5-methyl uridine and 5′-O-Dimethoxytrityl-2′-O-[2(2-N,N-dimethylaminoethoxy)-ethyl)]-5-methyl uridine-3′-O-(cyanoethyl-N,N-diisopropyl)phosphoramidite.

Example 2

[0120] Oligonucleotide and Oligonucleoside Synthesis

[0121] The antisense compounds used in accordance with this invention may be conveniently and routinely made through the well-known technique of solid phase synthesis. Equipment for such synthesis is sold by several vendors including, for example, Applied Biosystems (Foster City, Calif.). Any other means for such synthesis known in the art may additionally or alternatively be employed. It is well known to use similar techniques to prepare oligonucleotides such as the phosphorothioates and alkylated derivatives.

[0122] Oligonucleotides: Unsubstituted and substituted phosphodiester (P═O) oligonucleotides are synthesized on an automated DNA synthesizer (Applied Biosystems model 394) using standard phosphoramidite chemistry with oxidation by iodine.

[0123] Phosphorothioates (P═S) are synthesized similar to phosphodiester oligonucleotides with the following exceptions: thiation was effected by utilizing a 10% w/v solution of 3,H-1,2-benzodithiole-3-one 1,1-dioxide in acetonitrile for the oxidation of the phosphite linkages. The thiation reaction step time was increased to 180 sec and preceded by the normal capping step. After cleavage from the CPG column and deblocking in concentrated ammonium hydroxide at 55° C. (12-16 hr), the oligonucleotides were recovered by precipitating with >3 volumes of ethanol from a 1 M NH₄OAc solution. Phosphinate oligonucleotides are prepared as described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,508,270, herein incorporated by reference.

[0124] Alkyl phosphonate oligonucleotides are prepared as described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,469,863, herein incorporated by reference.

[0125] 3′-Deoxy-3′-methylene phosphonate oligonucleotides are prepared as described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,610,289 or 5,625,050, herein incorporated by reference.

[0126] Phosphoramidite oligonucleotides are prepared as described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,256,775 or U.S. Pat. No. 5,366,878, herein incorporated by reference.

[0127] Alkylphosphonothioate oligonucleotides are prepared as described in published PCT applications PCT/US94/00902 and PCT/US93/06976 (published as WO 94/17093 and WO 94/02499, respectively), herein incorporated by reference.

[0128] 3-Deoxy-3′-amino phosphoramidate oligonucleotides are prepared as described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,476,925, herein incorporated by reference.

[0129] Phosphotriester oligonucleotides are prepared as described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,023,243, herein incorporated by reference.

[0130] Borano phosphate oligonucleotides are prepared as described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,130,302 and 5,177,198, both herein incorporated by reference.

[0131] Oligonucleosides: Methylenemethylimino linked oligonucleosides, also identified as MMI linked oligonucleosides, methylenedimethylhydrazo linked oligonucleosides, also identified as MDH linked oligonucleosides, and methylenecarbonylamino linked oligonucleosides, also identified as amide-3 linked oligonucleosides, and methyleneaminocarbonyl linked oligonucleosides, also identified as amide-4 linked oligonucleosides, as well as mixed backbone compounds having, for instance, alternating MMI and P═O or P═S linkages are prepared as described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,378,825, 5,386,023, 5,489,677, 5,602,240 and 5,610,289, all of which are herein incorporated by reference.

[0132] Formacetal and thioformacetal linked oligonucleosides are prepared as described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,264,562 and 5,264,564, herein incorporated by reference.

[0133] Ethylene oxide linked oligonucleosides are prepared as described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,223,618, herein incorporated by reference.

Example 3

[0134] RNA Synthesis

[0135] In general, RNA synthesis chemistry is based on the selective incorporation of various protecting groups at strategic intermediary reactions. Although one of ordinary skill in the art will understand the use of protecting groups in organic synthesis, a useful class of protecting groups includes silyl ethers. In particular bulky silyl ethers are used to protect the 5′-hydroxyl in combination with an acid-labile orthoester protecting group on the 2′-hydroxyl. This set of protecting groups is then used with standard solid-phase synthesis technology. It is important to lastly remove the acid labile orthoester protecting group after all other synthetic steps. Moreover, the early use of the silyl protecting groups during synthesis ensures facile removal when desired, without undesired deprotection of 2′ hydroxyl.

[0136] Following this procedure for the sequential protection of the 5′-hydroxyl in combination with protection of the 2′-hydroxyl by protecting groups that are differentially removed and are differentially chemically labile, RNA oligonucleotides were synthesized.

[0137] RNA oligonucleotides are synthesized in a stepwise fashion. Each nucleotide is added sequentially (3′- to 5′-direction) to a solid support-bound oligonucleotide. The first nucleoside at the 3′-end of the chain is covalently attached to a solid support. The nucleotide precursor, a ribonucleoside phosphoramidite, and activator are added, coupling the second base onto the 5′-end of the first nucleoside. The support is washed and any unreacted 5′-hydroxyl groups are capped with acetic anhydride to yield 5′-acetyl moieties. The linkage is then oxidized to the more stable and ultimately desired P(V) linkage. At the end of the nucleotide addition cycle, the 5′-silyl group is cleaved with fluoride. The cycle is repeated for each subsequent nucleotide.

[0138] Following synthesis, the methyl protecting groups on the phosphates are cleaved in 30 minutes utilizing 1 M disodium-2-carbamoyl-2-cyanoethylene-1,1-dithiolate trihydrate (S₂Na₂) in DMF. The deprotection solution is washed from the solid support-bound oligonucleotide using water. The support is then treated with 40% methylamine in water for 10 minutes at 55° C. This releases the RNA oligonucleotides into solution, deprotects the exocyclic amines, and modifies the 2′-groups. The oligonucleotides can be analyzed by anion exchange HPLC at this stage.

[0139] The 2′-orthoester groups are the last protecting groups to be removed. The ethylene glycol monoacetate orthoester protecting group developed by Dharmacon Research, Inc. (Lafayette, Colo.), is one example of a useful orthoester protecting group which, has the following important properties. It is stable to the conditions of nucleoside phosphoramidite synthesis and oligonucleotide synthesis. However, after oligonucleotide synthesis the oligonucleotide is treated with methylamine which not only cleaves the oligonucleotide from the solid support but also removes the acetyl groups from the orthoesters. The resulting 2-ethyl-hydroxyl substituents on the orthoester are less electron withdrawing than the acetylated precursor. As a result, the modified orthoester becomes more labile to acid-catalyzed hydrolysis. Specifically, the rate of cleavage is approximately 10 times faster after the acetyl groups are removed. Therefore, this orthoester possesses sufficient stability in order to be compatible with oligonucleotide synthesis and yet, when subsequently modified, permits deprotection to be carried out under relatively mild aqueous conditions compatible with the final RNA oligonucleotide product.

[0140] Additionally, methods of RNA synthesis are well known in the art (Scaringe, S. A. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Colorado, 1996; Scaringe, S. A., et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1998, 120, 11820-11821; Matteucci, M. D. and Caruthers, M. H. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1981, 103, 3185-3191; Beaucage, S. L. and Caruthers, M. H. Tetrahedron Lett., 1981, 22, 1859-1862; Dahl, B. J., et al., Acta Chem. Scand,. 1990, 44, 639-641; Reddy, M. P., et al., Tetrahedrom Lett., 1994, 25, 4311-4314; Wincott, F. et al., Nucleic Acids Res., 1995, 23, 2677-2684; Griffin, B. E., et al., Tetrahedron, 1967, 23, 2301-2313; Griffin, B. E., et al., Tetrahedron, 1967, 23, 2315-2331).

[0141] RNA antisense compounds (RNA oligonucleotides) of the present invention can be synthesized by the methods herein or purchased from Dharmacon Research, Inc (Lafayette, Colo.). Once synthesized, complementary RNA antisense compounds can then be annealed by methods known in the art to form double stranded (duplexed) antisense compounds. For example, duplexes can be formed by combining 30 μl of each of the complementary strands of RNA oligonucleotides (50 uM RNA oligonucleotide solution) and 15 μl of 5× annealing buffer (100 mM potassium acetate, 30 mM HEPES-KOH pH 7.4, 2 mM magnesium acetate) followed by heating for 1 minute at 90° C., then 1 hour at 37° C. The resulting duplexed antisense compounds can be used in kits, assays, screens, or other methods to investigate the role of a target nucleic acid.

Example 4

[0142] Synthesis of Chimeric Oligonucleotides

[0143] Chimeric oligonucleotides, oligonucleosides or mixed oligonucleotides/oligonucleosides of the invention can be of several different types. These include a first type wherein the “gap” segment of linked nucleosides is positioned between 5′ and 3′ “wing” segments of linked nucleosides and a second “open end” type wherein the “gap” segment is located at either the 3′ or the 5′ terminus of the oligomeric compound. Oligonucleotides of the first type are also known in the art as “gapmers” or gapped oligonucleotides. Oligonucleotides of the second type are also known in the art as “hemimers” or “wingmers”.

[0144] [2′-O-Me]-[2′-deoxy]-[2′-O-Me] Chimeric Phosphorothioate Oligonucleotides

[0145] Chimeric oligonucleotides having 2′-O-alkyl phosphorothioate and 2′-deoxy phosphorothioate oligonucleotide segments are synthesized using an Applied Biosystems automated DNA synthesizer Model 394, as above. Oligonucleotides are synthesized using the automated synthesizer and 2′-deoxy-5′-dimethoxytrityl-3′-O-phosphoramidite for the DNA portion and 5′-dimethoxytrityl-2′-O-methyl-3′-O-phosphoramidite for 5′ and 3′ wings. The standard synthesis cycle is modified by incorporating coupling steps with increased reaction times for the 5′-dimethoxytrityl-2′-O-methyl-3′-O-phosphoramidite. The fully protected oligonucleotide is cleaved from the support and deprotected in concentrated ammonia (NH₄OH) for 12-16 hr at 55° C. The deprotected oligo is then recovered by an appropriate method (precipitation, column chromatography, volume reduced in vacuo and analyzed spetrophotometrically for yield and for purity by capillary electrophoresis and by mass spectrometry.

[0146] [2′-O-(2-Methoxyethyl)]-[2′-deoxy]-[2′-O-(Methoxyethyl)] Chimeric Phosphorothioate Oligonucleotides

[0147] [2′-O-(2-methoxyethyl)]-[2′-deoxy]-[-2′-O-(methoxyethyl)] chimeric phosphorothioate oligonucleotides were prepared as per the procedure above for the 2′-O-methyl chimeric oligonucleotide, with the substitution of 2′-O-(methoxyethyl) amidites for the 2′-O-methyl amidites.

[0148] [2′-O-(2-Methoxyethyl)Phosphodiester]-[2′-deoxy Phosphorothioate]-[2′-O-(2-Methoxyethyl)Phosphodiester] Chimeric Oligonucleotides

[0149] [2′-O-(2-methoxyethyl phosphodiester]-[2′-deoxy phosphorothioate]-[2′-O-(methoxyethyl)phosphodiester] chimeric oligonucleotides are prepared as per the above procedure for the 2′-O-methyl chimeric oligonucleotide with the substitution of 2′-O-(methoxyethyl) amidites for the 2′-O-methyl amidites, oxidation with iodine to generate the phosphodiester internucleotide linkages within the wing portions of the chimeric structures and sulfurization utilizing 3,H-1,2 benzodithiole-3-one 1,1 dioxide (Beaucage Reagent) to generate the phosphorothioate internucleotide linkages for the center gap.

[0150] Other chimeric oligonucleotides, chimeric oligonucleosides and mixed chimeric oligonucleotides/oligonucleosides are synthesized according to U.S. Pat. No. 5,623,065, herein incorporated by reference.

Example 5

[0151] Design and Screening of Duplexed Antisense Compounds Targeting MD-1 RP105-Associated

[0152] In accordance with the present invention, a series of nucleic acid duplexes comprising the antisense compounds of the present invention and their complements can be designed to target MD-1 RP105-associated. The nucleobase sequence of the antisense strand of the duplex comprises at least a portion of an oligonucleotide in Table 1. The ends of the strands may be modified by the addition of one or more natural or modified nucleobases to form an overhang. The sense strand of the dsRNA is then designed and synthesized as the complement of the antisense strand and may also contain modifications or additions to either terminus. For example, in one embodiment, both strands of the dsRNA duplex would be complementary over the central nucleobases, each having overhangs at one or both termini.

[0153] For example, a duplex comprising an antisense strand having the sequence CGAGAGGCGGACGGGACCG and having a two-nucleobase overhang of deoxythymidine (dT) would have the following structure:   cgagaggcggacgggaccgTT Antisense Strand   | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | TTgctctccgcctgccctggc Complement

[0154] RNA strands of the duplex can be synthesized by methods disclosed herein or purchased from Dharmacon Research Inc., (Lafayette, Colo.). Once synthesized, the complementary strands are annealed. The single strands are aliquoted and diluted to a concentration of 50 uM. Once diluted, 30 uL of each strand is combined with 15 uL of a 5× solution of annealing buffer. The final concentration of said buffer is 100 mM potassium acetate, 30 mM HEPES-KOH pH 7.4, and 2 mM magnesium acetate. The final volume is 75 uL. This solution is incubated for 1 minute at 90° C. and then centrifuged for 15 seconds. The tube is allowed to sit for 1 hour at 37° C. at which time the dsRNA duplexes are used in experimentation. The final concentration of the dsRNA duplex is 20 uM. This solution can be stored frozen (−20° C.) and freeze-thawed up to 5 times.

[0155] Once prepared, the duplexed antisense compounds are evaluated for their ability to modulate MD-1 RP105-associated expression.

[0156] When cells reached 80% confluency, they are treated with duplexed antisense compounds of the invention. For cells grown in 96-well plates, wells are washed once with 200 μL OPTI-MEM-1 reduced-serum medium (Gibco BRL) and then treated with 130 μL of OPTI-MEM-1 containing 12 μg/mL LIPOFECTIN (Gibco BRL) and the desired duplex antisense compound at a final concentration of 200 nM. After 5 hours of treatment, the medium is replaced with fresh medium. Cells are harvested 16 hours after treatment, at which time RNA is isolated and target reduction measured by RT-PCR.

Example 6

[0157] Oligonucleotide Isolation

[0158] After cleavage from the controlled pore glass solid support and deblocking in concentrated ammonium hydroxide at 55° C. for 12-16 hours, the oligonucleotides or oligonucleosides are recovered by precipitation out of 1 M NH₄OAc with >3 volumes of ethanol. Synthesized oligonucleotides were analyzed by electrospray mass spectroscopy (molecular weight determination) and by capillary gel electrophoresis and judged to be at least 70% full length material. The relative amounts of phosphorothioate and phosphodiester linkages obtained in the synthesis was determined by the ratio of correct molecular weight relative to the −16 amu product (+/−32+/−48). For some studies oligonucleotides were purified by HPLC, as described by Chiang et al., J. Biol. Chem. 1991, 266, 18162-18171. Results obtained with HPLC-purified material were similar to those obtained with non-HPLC purified material.

Example 7

[0159] Oligonucleotide Synthesis—96 Well Plate Format

[0160] Oligonucleotides were synthesized via solid phase P(III) phosphoramidite chemistry on an automated synthesizer capable of assembling 96 sequences simultaneously in a 96-well format. Phosphodiester internucleotide linkages were afforded by oxidation with aqueous iodine. Phosphorothioate internucleotide linkages were generated by sulfurization utilizing 3,H-1,2 benzodithiole-3-one 1,1 dioxide (Beaucage Reagent) in anhydrous acetonitrile. Standard base-protected beta-cyanoethyl-diiso-propyl phosphoramidites were purchased from commercial vendors (e.g. PE-Applied Biosystems, Foster City, Calif., or Pharmacia, Piscataway, N.J.). Non-standard nucleosides are synthesized as per standard or patented methods. They are utilized as base protected beta-cyanoethyldiisopropyl phosphoramidites.

[0161] Oligonucleotides were cleaved from support and deprotected with concentrated NH₄OH at elevated temperature (55-60° C.) for 12-16 hours and the released product then dried in vacuo. The dried product was then re-suspended in sterile water to afford a master plate from which all analytical and test plate samples are then diluted utilizing robotic pipettors.

Example 8

[0162] Oligonucleotide Analysis—96-Well Plate Format

[0163] The concentration of oligonucleotide in each well was assessed by dilution of samples and UV absorption spectroscopy. The full-length integrity of the individual products was evaluated by capillary electrophoresis (CE) in either the 96-well format (Beckman P/ACE™ MDQ) or, for individually prepared samples, on a commercial CE apparatus (e.g., Beckman P/ACE™ 5000, ABI 270). Base and backbone composition was confirmed by mass analysis of the compounds utilizing electrospray-mass spectroscopy. All assay test plates were diluted from the master plate using single and multi-channel robotic pipettors. Plates were judged to be acceptable if at least 85% of the compounds on the plate were at least 85% full length.

Example 9

[0164] Cell Culture and Oligonucleotide Treatment

[0165] The effect of antisense compounds on target nucleic acid expression can be tested in any of a variety of cell types provided that the target nucleic acid is present at measurable levels. This can be routinely determined using, for example, PCR or Northern blot analysis. The following cell types are provided for illustrative purposes, but other cell types can be routinely used, provided that the target is expressed in the cell type chosen. This can be readily determined by methods routine in the art, for example Northern blot analysis, ribonuclease protection assays, or RT-PCR.

[0166] T-24 Cells:

[0167] The human transitional cell bladder carcinoma cell line T-24 was obtained from the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) (Manassas, Va.). T-24 cells were routinely cultured in complete McCoy's 5A basal media (Invitrogen Corporation, Carlsbad, Calif.) supplemented with 10% fetal calf serum (Invitrogen Corporation, Carlsbad, Calif.), penicillin 100 units per mL, and streptomycin 100 micrograms per mL (Invitrogen Corporation, Carlsbad, Calif.). Cells were routinely passaged by trypsinization and dilution when they reached 90% confluence. Cells were seeded into 96-well plates (Falcon-Primaria #353872) at a density of 7000 cells/well for use in RT-PCR analysis.

[0168] For Northern blotting or other analysis, cells may be seeded onto 100 mm or other standard tissue culture plates and treated similarly, using appropriate volumes of medium and oligonucleotide.

[0169] A549 Cells:

[0170] The human lung carcinoma cell line A549 was obtained from the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) (Manassas, Va.). A549 cells were routinely cultured in DMEM basal media (Invitrogen Corporation, Carlsbad, Calif.) supplemented with 10% fetal calf serum (Invitrogen Corporation, Carlsbad, Calif.), penicillin 100 units per mL, and streptomycin 100 micrograms per mL (Invitrogen Corporation, Carlsbad, Calif.). Cells were routinely passaged by trypsinization and dilution when they reached 90% confluence.

[0171] NHDF Cells:

[0172] Human neonatal dermal fibroblast (NHDF) were obtained from the Clonetics Corporation (Walkersville, Md.). NHDFs were routinely maintained in Fibroblast Growth Medium (Clonetics Corporation, Walkersville, Md.) supplemented as recommended by the supplier. Cells were maintained for up to 10 passages as recommended by the supplier.

[0173] HEK Cells:

[0174] Human embryonic keratinocytes (HEK) were obtained from the Clonetics Corporation (Walkersville, Md.). HEKs were routinely maintained in Keratinocyte Growth Medium (Clonetics Corporation, Walkersville, Md.) formulated as recommended by the supplier. Cells were routinely maintained for up to 10 passages as recommended by the supplier.

[0175] THP-1 Cells:

[0176] The acute monocytic leukemia cell line, THP-1, was obtained from the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) (Manassas, Va.). The cells are routinely cultured at 37° C. in ATCC medium: RPMI 1640 medium with 2 mM L-glutamine adjusted to contain 1.5 g/L sodium bicarbonate, 4.5 g/L glucose, 10 mM HEPES and 1.0 mM sodium pyruvate and supplemented with 20% fetal bovine serum.

[0177] THP-1 cells are suspension cells and are therefore treated via electroporation. When the cell count reaches 2×10⁷ cells/mL, 90 ul volumes of cell suspension are treated with 20 ul of 50 uM oligonucleotide (total concentration of 10 uM). This mixture is then transferred to a 1 mm gap cuvette. Then, 75 V is applied to the cuvette for 6 msec, after which, 800 ul growth media (RPMI) is added and mixed in the cuvette. 800 ul of this mixture is then transferred to a 24-well plate already containing 1 mL of growth media (RPMI) in each well (to give a total volume of 1.9 mL). After incubation overnight at 5% CO2, 800 ul of the mixture is transferred in duplicate from the 24-well plate to a 96-well deep well block. After centrifugation for 10 minutes at 2500 rpm, the media is decanted and cells are lysed in 150 ul of RLT buffer (Quiagen, Valencia, Calif.). RNA harvested from these mixtures is used in the standard RT-PCR assay.

[0178] Treatment with Antisense Compounds:

[0179] When cells reached 65-75% confluency, they were treated with oligonucleotide. For cells grown in 96-well plates, wells were washed once with 100 μL OPTI-MEM™-1 reduced-serum medium (Invitrogen Corporation, Carlsbad, Calif.) and then treated with 130 μL of OPTI-MEM™-1 containing 3.75 μg/mL LIPOFECTIN™ (Invitrogen Corporation, Carlsbad, Calif.) and the desired concentration of oligonucleotide. Cells are treated and data are obtained in triplicate. After 4-7 hours of treatment at 37° C., the medium was replaced with fresh medium. Cells were harvested 16-24 hours after oligonucleotide treatment.

[0180] The concentration of oligonucleotide used varies from cell line to cell line. To determine the optimal oligonucleotide concentration for a particular cell line, the cells are treated with a positive control oligonucleotide at a range of concentrations. For human cells the positive control oligonucleotide is selected from either ISIS 13650 (TCCCGCCTGTGACATGCATT, SEQ ID NO: 1) which is targeted to human c-Raf, or ISIS 18078, (GTGCGCGCGAGCCCGAAATC, SEQ ID NO: 2) which is targeted to human Jun-N-terminal kinase-2 (JNK2). Both controls are 2′-O-methoxyethyl gapmers (2′-O-methoxyethyls shown in bold) with a phosphorothioate backbone. For mouse or rat cells the positive control oligonucleotide is ISIS 15770, ATGCATTCTGCCCCCAAGGA, SEQ ID NO: 3, a 2′-O-methoxyethyl gapmer (2′-O-methoxyethyls shown in bold) with a phosphorothioate backbone which is targeted to both mouse and rat c-raf. The concentration of positive control oligonucleotide that results in 80% inhibition of c-H-ras (for ISIS 13920), JNK2 (for ISIS 18078) or c-raf (for ISIS 15770) mRNA is then utilized as the screening concentration for new oligonucleotides in subsequent experiments for that cell line. If 80% inhibition is not achieved, the lowest concentration of positive control oligonucleotide that results in 60% inhibition of c-H-ras, JNK2 or c-raf mRNA is then utilized as the oligonucleotide screening concentration in subsequent experiments for that cell line. If 60% inhibition is not achieved, that particular cell line is deemed as unsuitable for oligonucleotide transfection experiments. The concentrations of antisense oligonucleotides used herein are from 50 nM to 300 mM.

Example 10

[0181] Analysis of Oligonucleotide Inhibition of MD-1 RP105-Associated Expression

[0182] Antisense modulation of MD-1 RP105-associated expression can be assayed in a variety of ways known in the art. For example, MD-1 RP105-associated mRNA levels can be quantitated by, e.g., Northern blot analysis, competitive polymerase chain reaction (PCR), or real-time PCR (RT-PCR). Real-time quantitative PCR is presently preferred. RNA analysis can be performed on total cellular RNA or poly(A)+ mRNA. The preferred method of RNA analysis of the present invention is the use of total cellular RNA as described in other examples herein. Methods of RNA isolation are well known in the art. Northern blot analysis is also routine in the art. Real-time quantitative (PCR) can be conveniently accomplished using the commercially available ABI PRISM™ 7600, 7700, or 7900 Sequence Detection System, available from PE-Applied Biosystems, Foster City, Calif. and used according to manufacturer's instructions.

[0183] Protein levels of MD-1 RP105-associated can be quantitated in a variety of ways well known in the art, such as immunoprecipitation, Western blot analysis (immunoblotting), enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) or fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS). Antibodies directed to MD-1 RP105-associated can be identified and obtained from a variety of sources, such as the MSRS catalog of antibodies (Aerie Corporation, Birmingham, Mich.), or can be prepared via conventional monoclonal or polyclonal antibody generation methods well known in the art.

Example 11

[0184] Design of Phenotypic Assays and In Vivo Studies for the use of MD-1 RP105-Associated Inhibitors

[0185] Phenotypic Assays

[0186] Once MD-1 RP105-associated inhibitors have been identified by the methods disclosed herein, the compounds are further investigated in one or more phenotypic assays, each having measurable endpoints predictive of efficacy in the treatment of a particular disease state or condition. Phenotypic assays, kits and reagents for their use are well known to those skilled in the art and are herein used to investigate the role and/or association of MD-1 RP105-associated in health and disease. Representative phenotypic assays, which can be purchased from any one of several commercial vendors, include those for determining cell viability, cytotoxicity, proliferation or cell survival (Molecular Probes, Eugene, Oreg.; PerkinElmer, Boston, Mass.), protein-based assays including enzymatic assays (Panvera, LLC, Madison, Wis.; BD Biosciences, Franklin Lakes, N.J.; Oncogene Research Products, San Diego, Calif.), cell regulation, signal transduction, inflammation, oxidative processes and apoptosis (Assay Designs Inc., Ann Arbor, Mich.), triglyceride accumulation (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, Mo.), angiogenesis assays, tube formation assays, cytokine and hormone assays and metabolic assays (Chemicon International Inc., Temecula, Calif.; Amersham Biosciences, Piscataway, N.J.).

[0187] In one non-limiting example, cells determined to be appropriate for a particular phenotypic assay (i.e., MCF-7 cells selected for breast cancer studies; adipocytes for obesity studies) are treated with MD-1 RP105-associated inhibitors identified from the in vitro studies as well as control compounds at optimal concentrations which are determined by the methods described above. At the end of the treatment period, treated and untreated cells are analyzed by one or more methods specific for the assay to determine phenotypic outcomes and endpoints.

[0188] Phenotypic endpoints include changes in cell morphology over time or treatment dose as well as changes in levels of cellular components such as proteins, lipids, nucleic acids, hormones, saccharides or metals. Measurements of cellular status which include pH, stage of the cell cycle, intake or excretion of biological indicators by the cell, are also endpoints of interest.

[0189] Analysis of the geneotype of the cell (measurement of the expression of one or more of the genes of the cell) after treatment is also used as an indicator of the efficacy or potency of the MD-1 RP105-associated inhibitors. Hallmark genes, or those genes suspected to be associated with a specific disease state, condition, or phenotype, are measured in both treated and untreated cells.

[0190] In Vivo Studies

[0191] The individual subjects of the in vivo studies described herein are warm-blooded vertebrate animals, which includes humans.

[0192] The clinical trial is subjected to rigorous controls to ensure that individuals are not unnecessarily put at risk and that they are fully informed about their role in the study. To account for the psychological effects of receiving treatments, volunteers are randomly given placebo or MD-1 RP105-associated inhibitor. Furthermore, to prevent the doctors from being biased in treatments, they are not informed as to whether the medication they are administering is a MD-1 RP105-associated inhibitor or a placebo. Using this randomization approach, each volunteer has the same chance of being given either the new treatment or the placebo.

[0193] Volunteers receive either the MD-1 RP105-associated inhibitor or placebo for eight week period with biological parameters associated with the indicated disease state or condition being measured at the beginning (baseline measurements before any treatment), end (after the final treatment), and at regular intervals during the study period. Such measurements include the levels of nucleic acid molecules encoding MD-1 RP105-associated or MD-1 RP105-associated protein levels in body fluids, tissues or organs compared to pre-treatment levels. Other measurements include, but are not limited to, indices of the disease state or condition being treated, body weight, blood pressure, serum titers of pharmacologic indicators of disease or toxicity as well as ADME (absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion) measurements.

[0194] Information recorded for each patient includes age (years), gender, height (cm), family history of disease state or condition (yes/no), motivation rating (some/moderate/great) and number and type of previous treatment regimens for the indicated disease or condition.

[0195] Volunteers taking part in this study are healthy adults (age 18 to 65 years) and roughly an equal number of males and females participate in the study. Volunteers with certain characteristics are equally distributed for placebo and MD-1 RP105-associated inhibitor treatment. In general, the volunteers treated with placebo have little or no response to treatment, whereas the volunteers treated with the MD-1 RP105-associated inhibitor show positive trends in their disease state or condition index at the conclusion of the study.

Example 12

[0196] RNA Isolation

[0197] Poly(A)+ mRNA Isolation

[0198] Poly(A)+ mRNA was isolated according to Miura et al., (Clin. Chem., 1996, 42, 1758-1764). Other methods for poly(A)+ mRNA isolation are routine in the art. Briefly, for cells grown on 96-well plates, growth medium was removed from the cells and each well was washed with 200 μL cold PBS. 60 μL lysis buffer (10 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.6, 1 mM EDTA, 0.5 M NaCl, 0.5% NP-40, 20 mM vanadyl-ribonucleoside complex) was added to each well, the plate was gently agitated and then incubated at room temperature for five minutes. 55 μL of lysate was transferred to Oligo d(T) coated 96-well plates (AGCT Inc., Irvine Calif.). Plates were incubated for 60 minutes at room temperature, washed 3 times with 200 μL of wash buffer (10 mM Tris-HCl pH 7.6, 1 mM EDTA, 0.3 M NaCl). After the final wash, the plate was blotted on paper towels to remove excess wash buffer and then air-dried for 5 minutes. 60 μL of elution buffer (5 mM Tris-HCl pH 7.6), preheated to 70° C., was added to each well, the plate was incubated on a 90° C. hot plate for 5 minutes, and the eluate was then transferred to a fresh 96-well plate.

[0199] Cells grown on 100 mm or other standard plates may be treated similarly, using appropriate volumes of all solutions.

[0200] Total RNA Isolation

[0201] Total RNA was isolated using an RNEASY 96™ kit and buffers purchased from Qiagen Inc. (Valencia, Calif.) following the manufacturer's recommended procedures. Briefly, for cells grown on 96-well plates, growth medium was removed from the cells and each well was washed with 200 μL cold PBS. 150 μL Buffer RLT was added to each well and the plate vigorously agitated for 20 seconds. 150 μL of 70% ethanol was then added to each well and the contents mixed by pipetting three times up and down. The samples were then transferred to the RNEASY 96™ well plate attached to a QIAVAC™ manifold fitted with a waste collection tray and attached to a vacuum source. Vacuum was applied for 1 minute. 500 μL of Buffer RW1 was added to each well of the RNEASY 96™ plate and incubated for 15 minutes and the vacuum was again applied for 1 minute. An additional 500 μL of Buffer RW1 was added to each well of the RNEASY 96™ plate and the vacuum was applied for 2 minutes. 1 mL of Buffer RPE was then added to each well of the RNEASY 96™ plate and the vacuum applied for a period of 90 seconds. The Buffer RPE wash was then repeated and the vacuum was applied for an additional 3 minutes. The plate was then removed from the QIAVAC™ manifold and blotted dry on paper towels. The plate was then re-attached to the QIAVAC™ manifold fitted with a collection tube rack containing 1.2 mL collection tubes. RNA was then eluted by pipetting 140 μL of RNAse free water into each well, incubating 1 minute, and then applying the vacuum for 3 minutes.

[0202] The repetitive pipetting and elution steps may be automated using a QIAGEN Bio-Robot 9604 (Qiagen, Inc., Valencia Calif.). Essentially, after lysing of the cells on the culture plate, the plate is transferred to the robot deck where the pipetting, DNase treatment and elution steps are carried out.

Example 13

[0203] Real-Time Quantitative PCR Analysis of MD-1 RP105-Associated mRNA Levels

[0204] Quantitation of MD-1 RP105-associated mRNA levels was accomplished by real-time quantitative PCR using the ABI PRISM™ 7600, 7700, or 7900 Sequence Detection System (PE-Applied Biosystems, Foster City, Calif.) according to manufacturer's instructions. This is a closed-tube, non-gel-based, fluorescence detection system which allows high-throughput quantitation of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) products in real-time. As opposed to standard PCR in which amplification products are quantitated after the PCR is completed, products in real-time quantitative PCR are quantitated as they accumulate. This is accomplished by including in the PCR reaction an oligonucleotide probe that anneals specifically between the forward and reverse PCR primers, and contains two fluorescent dyes. A reporter dye (e.g., FAM or JOE, obtained from either PE-Applied Biosystems, Foster City, Calif., Operon Technologies Inc., Alameda, Calif. or Integrated DNA Technologies Inc., Coralville, Iowa) is attached to the 5′ end of the probe and a quencher dye (e.g., TAMRA, obtained from either PE-Applied Biosystems, Foster City, Calif., Operon Technologies Inc., Alameda, Calif. or Integrated DNA Technologies Inc., Coralville, Iowa) is attached to the 3′ end of the probe. When the probe and dyes are intact, reporter dye emission is quenched by the proximity of the 3′ quencher dye. During amplification, annealing of the probe to the target sequence creates a substrate that can be cleaved by the 5′-exonuclease activity of Taq polymerase. During the extension phase of the PCR amplification cycle, cleavage of the probe by Taq polymerase releases the reporter dye from the remainder of the probe (and hence from the quencher moiety) and a sequence-specific fluorescent signal is generated. With each cycle, additional reporter dye molecules are cleaved from their respective probes, and the fluorescence intensity is monitored at regular intervals by laser optics built into the ABI PRISM™ Sequence Detection System. In each assay, a series of parallel reactions containing serial dilutions of mRNA from untreated control samples generates a standard curve that is used to quantitate the percent inhibition after antisense oligonucleotide treatment of test samples.

[0205] Prior to quantitative PCR analysis, primer-probe sets specific to the target gene being measured are evaluated for their ability to be “multiplexed” with a GAPDH amplification reaction. In multiplexing, both the target gene and the internal standard gene GAPDH are amplified concurrently in a single sample. In this analysis, mRNA isolated from untreated cells is serially diluted. Each dilution is amplified in the presence of primer-probe sets specific for GAPDH only, target gene only (“single-plexing”), or both (multiplexing). Following PCR amplification, standard curves of GAPDH and target mRNA signal as a function of dilution are generated from both the single-plexed and multiplexed samples. If both the slope and correlation coefficient of the GAPDH and target signals generated from the multiplexed samples fall within 10% of their corresponding values generated from the single-plexed samples, the primer-probe set specific for that target is deemed multiplexable. Other methods of PCR are also known in the art.

[0206] PCR reagents were obtained from Invitrogen Corporation, (Carlsbad, Calif.). RT-PCR reactions were carried out by adding 20 μL PCR cocktail (2.5×PCR buffer minus MgCl₂, 6.6 mM MgCl₂, 375 μM each of dATP, dCTP, dCTP and dGTP, 375 nm each of forward primer and reverse primer, 125 nM of probe, 4 Units RNAse inhibitor, 1.25 Units PLATINUM® Taq, 5 Units MuLV reverse transcriptase, and 2.5×ROX dye) to 96-well plates containing 30 μL total RNA solution (20-200 ng). The RT reaction was carried out by incubation for 30 minutes at 48° C. Following a 10 minute incubation at 95° C. to activate the PLATINUM® Taq, 40 cycles of a two-step PCR protocol were carried out: 95° C. for 15 seconds (denaturation) followed by 60° C. for 1.5 minutes (annealing/extension).

[0207] Gene target quantities obtained by real time RT-PCR are normalized using either the expression level of GAPDH, a gene whose expression is constant, or by quantifying total RNA using RiboGreen™ (Molecular Probes, Inc. Eugene, Oreg.). GAPDH expression is quantified by real time RT-PCR, by being run simultaneously with the target, multiplexing, or separately. Total RNA is quantified using RiboGreen™ RNA quantification reagent (Molecular Probes, Inc. Eugene, Oreg.). Methods of RNA quantification by RiboGreen™ are taught in Jones, L. J., et al, (Analytical Biochemistry, 1998, 265, 368-374).

[0208] In this assay, 170 μL of RiboGreen™ working reagent (RiboGreen™ reagent diluted 1:350 in 10 mM Tris-HCl, 1 mM EDTA, pH 7.5) is pipetted into a 96-well plate containing 30 μL purified, cellular RNA. The plate is read in a CytoFluor 4000 (PE Applied Biosystems) with excitation at 485 nm and emission at 530 nm.

[0209] Probes and primers to human MD-1 RP105-associated were designed to hybridize to a human MD-1 RP105-associated sequence, using published sequence information (GenBank accession number NM_(—)004271.1, incorporated herein as SEQ ID NO:4). For human MD-1 RP105-associated the PCR primers were: forward primer: CACTCTCTTCCTCTGGACTCTGATT (SEQ ID NO: 5) reverse primer: GTGTGTGGGCCAGGCTTT (SEQ ID NO: 6) and the PCR probe was: FAM-TGCAGTGGAGGCGGCGGTG-TAMRA (SEQ ID NO: 7) where FAM is the fluorescent dye and TAMRA is the quencher dye. For human GAPDH the PCR primers were: forward primer: GAAGGTGAAGGTCGGAGTC (SEQ ID NO:8) reverse primer: GAAGATGGTGATGGGATTTC (SEQ ID NO:9) and the PCR probe was: 5′ JOE-CAAGCTTCCCGTTCTCAGCC-TAMRA 3′ (SEQ ID NO: 10) where JOE is the fluorescent reporter dye and TAMRA is the quencher dye.

Example 14

[0210] Northern Blot Analysis of MD-1 RP105-Associated mRNA Levels

[0211] Eighteen hours after antisense treatment, cell monolayers were washed twice with cold PBS and lysed in 1 mL RNAZOL™ (TEL-TEST “B” Inc., Friendswood, Tex.). Total RNA was prepared following manufacturer's recommended protocols. Twenty micrograms of total RNA was fractionated by electrophoresis through 1.2% agarose gels containing 1.1% formaldehyde using a MOPS buffer system (AMRESCO, Inc. Solon, Ohio). RNA was transferred from the gel to HYBOND™-N+ nylon membranes (Amersham Pharmacia Biotech, Piscataway, N.J.) by overnight capillary transfer using a Northern/Southern Transfer buffer system (TEL-TEST “B” Inc., Friendswood, Tex.). RNA transfer was confirmed by UV visualization. Membranes were fixed by UV cross-linking using a STRATALINKER™ UV Crosslinker 2400 (Stratagene, Inc, La Jolla, Calif.) and then probed using QUICKHYB™ hybridization solution (Stratagene, La Jolla, Calif.) using manufacturer's recommendations for stringent conditions.

[0212] To detect human MD-1 RP105-associated, a human MD-1 RP105-associated specific probe was prepared by PCR using the forward primer CACTCTCTTCCTCTGGACTCTGATT (SEQ ID NO: 5) and the reverse primer GTGTGTGGGCCAGGCTTT (SEQ ID NO: 6). To normalize for variations in loading and transfer efficiency membranes were stripped and probed for human glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) RNA (Clontech, Palo Alto, Calif.).

[0213] Hybridized membranes were visualized and quantitated using a PHOSPHORIMAGER™ and IMAGEQUANT™ Software V3.3 (Molecular Dynamics, Sunnyvale, Calif.). Data was normalized to GAPDH levels in untreated controls.

Example 15

[0214] Antisense Inhibition of Human MD-1 RP105-Associated Expression by Chimeric Phosphorothioate Oligonucleotides Having 2′-MOE Wings and a Deoxy Gap

[0215] In accordance with the present invention, a series of antisense compounds were designed to target different regions of the human MD-1 RP105-associated RNA, using published sequences (GenBank accession number NM_(—)004271.1, incorporated herein as SEQ ID NO: 4, a genomic sequence of MD-1 RP105-associated represented by the complement of residues 8721403-8789076 of GenBank accession number NT_(—)023412.8, incorporated herein as SEQ ID NO: 11, and GenBank accession number AV763053.1, incorporated herein as SEQ ID NO: 12). The compounds are shown in Table 1. “Target site” indicates the first (5′-most) nucleotide number on the particular target sequence to which the compound binds. All compounds in Table 1 are chimeric oligonucleotides (“gapmers”) 20 nucleotides in length, composed of a central “gap” region consisting of ten 2′-deoxynucleotides, which is flanked on both sides (5′ and 3′ directions) by five-nucleotide “wings”. The wings are composed of 2′-methoxyethyl (2′-MOE) nucleotides. The internucleoside (backbone) linkages are phosphorothioate (P═S) throughout the oligonucleotide. All cytidine residues are 5-methylcytidines. The compounds were analyzed for their effect on human MD-1 RP105-associated mRNA levels by quantitative real-time PCR as described in other examples herein. Data are averages from three experiments in which THP-1 cells were treated with the oligonucleotides of the present invention. The positive control for each datapoint is identified in the table by sequence ID number. If present, “N.D.” indicates “no data”. TABLE 1 Inhibition of human MD-1 RP105-associated mRNA levels by chimeric phosphorothioate oligonucleotides having 2′-MOE wings and a deoxy gap TARGET CONTROL SEQ ID TARGET SEQ ID SEQ ID ISIS # REGION NO SITE SEQUENCE % INHIB NO NO 260123 Start 4 7 catggtgggctcgtgccgct 14 13 1 Codon 260132 Coding 4 134 tctggtagagcacttccaag 40 14 1 260134 Coding 4 150 tgtaatggatcgcaactctg 7 15 1 260135 Coding 4 163 aaagccaaaatcttgtaatg 3 16 1 260136 Coding 4 177 cacttttcaacagaaaagcc 52 17 1 260137 Coding 4 194 attttaattgcttggaacac 7 18 1 260138 Coding 4 218 ttccaaatctaatgttgata 10 19 1 260139 Coding 4 230 ctctcagaataattccaaat 14 20 1 260142 Coding 4 254 caagaaaaagctctttgatg 0 21 1 260144 Coding 4 269 acatgagagctaggtcaaga 10 22 1 260152 Coding 4 379 aggcccagcatagtaaatct 0 23 1 260156 Coding 4 405 ggaatagtaaattcaggatt 0 24 1 260158 Coding 4 419 ggtattctccctgaggaata 24 25 1 260159 Coding 4 436 cagttccagcaaaacctggt 17 26 1 260160 Coding 4 443 cagtgtacagttccagcaaa 47 27 1 260161 Coding 4 462 gccacggtggaccgtttttc 17 28 1 260162 Coding 4 482 tgatagtagcattggcacag 43 29 1 260163 Stop 4 502 aggccacagtcaggagcaca 45 30 1 Codon 260164 3′UTR 4 524 agctggctgtgatttttgct 18 31 1 260167 3′UTR 4 545 cttggaggtcccacgagatg 45 32 1 260168 3′UTR 4 559 ttcagtcagaggagcttgga 50 33 1 260172 3′UTR 4 637 attagcagctgcactctttg 47 34 1 260173 3′UTR 4 645 ggactaaaattagcagctgc 0 35 1 260177 3′UTR 4 717 aagaggctccttagaaacag 0 36 1 260179 3′UTR 4 732 tgcttaaggactgccaagag 24 37 1 260180 3′UTR 4 745 ggaccctcaagactgcttaa 74 38 1 260181 3′UTR 4 755 gaaaaaggatggaccctcaa 52 39 1 260183 3′UTR 4 793 gaaaagcaggtgagtctggt 59 40 1 260184 3′UTR 4 821 aactgtgaggaagcactcct 70 41 1 260185 3′UTR 4 828 tcttggtaactgtgaggaag 80 42 1 260186 3′UTR 4 847 ggtggccagctttctttatt 73 43 1 260192 Exon: 11 37296 ttttacttactcagaataat 0 44 1 Intron Junction 260194 Exon: 11 61961 aatatcttacctgaggaata 0 45 1 Intron Junction 260196 5′UTR 12 162 agcaggcagcagttgatagc 0 46 1 260198 5′UTR 12 210 aggctcttgatgcaggctgt 0 47 1 260199 5′UTR 12 251 gcaggccaccatctgcccat 57 48 1 260200 5′UTR 12 256 aaagcgcaggccaccatctg 0 49 1

[0216] As shown in Table 1, SEQ ID NOs 14, 17, 27, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43 and 48 demonstrated at least 40% inhibition of human MD-1 RP105-associated expression in this assay and are therefore preferred. More preferred are SEQ ID NOs: 38, 42 and 43. The target regions to which these preferred sequences are complementary are herein referred to as “preferred target segments” and are therefore preferred for targeting by compounds of the present invention. These preferred target segments are shown in Table 2. The sequences represent the reverse complement of the preferred antisense compounds shown in Table 1. “Target site” indicates the first (5′-most) nucleotide number on the particular target nucleic acid to which the oligonucleotide binds. Also shown in Table 2 is the species in which each of the preferred target segments was found. TABLE 2 Sequence and position of preferred target segments identified in MD-1 RP105-asociated. TARGET SEQ ID TARGET REV COMP SEQ ID SITEID NO SITE SEQUENCE OF SEQ ID ACTIVE IN NO 176610 4 134 cttggaagtgctctaccaga 14 H. sapiens 50 176614 4 177 ggcttttctgttgaaaagtg 17 H. sapiens 51 176638 4 443 tttgctggaactgtacactg 27 H. sapiens 52 176640 4 482 ctgtgccaatgctactatca 29 H. sapiens 53 176641 4 502 tgtgctcctgactgtggcct 30 H. sapiens 54 176645 4 545 catctcgtgggacctccaag 32 H. sapiens 55 176646 4 559 tccaagctcctctgactgaa 33 H. sapiens 56 176650 4 637 caaagagtgcagctgctaat 34 H. sapiens 57 176658 4 745 ttaagcagtcttgagggtcc 38 H. sapiens 58 176659 4 755 ttgagggtccatcctttttc 39 H. sapiens 59 176661 4 793 accagactcacctgcttttc 40 H. sapiens 60 176662 4 821 aggagtgcttcctcacagtt 41 H. sapiens 61 176663 4 828 cttcctcacagttaccaaga 42 H. sapiens 62 1176664 4 847 aataaagaaagctggccacc 43 H. sapiens 63 176677 12 251 atgggcagatggtggcctgc 48 H. sapiens 64

[0217] As these “preferred target segments” have been found by experimentation to be open to, and accessible for, hybridization with the antisense compounds of the present invention, one of skill in the art will recognize or be able to ascertain, using no more than routine experimentation, further embodiments of the invention that encompass other compounds that specifically hybridize to these preferred target segments and consequently inhibit the expression of MD-1 RP105-associated.

[0218] According to the present invention, antisense compounds include antisense oligomeric compounds, antisense oligonucleotides, ribozymes, external guide sequence (EGS) oligonucleotides, alternate splicers, primers, probes, and other short oligomeric compounds which hybridize to at least a portion of the target nucleic acid.

Example 16

[0219] Western Blot Analysis of MD-1 RP105-Associated Protein Levels

[0220] Western blot analysis (immunoblot analysis) is carried out using standard methods. Cells are harvested 16-20 h after oligonucleotide treatment, washed once with PBS, suspended in Laemmli buffer (100 ul/well), boiled for 5 minutes and loaded on a 16% SDS-PAGE gel. Gels are run for 1.5 hours at 150 V, and transferred to membrane for western blotting. Appropriate primary antibody directed to MD-1 RP105-associated is used, with a radiolabeled or fluorescently labeled secondary antibody directed against the primary antibody species. Bands are visualized using a PHOSPHORIMAGER™ (Molecular Dynamics, Sunnyvale Calif.).

1 64 1 20 DNA Artificial Sequence Antisense Oligonucleotide 1 tcccgcctgt gacatgcatt 20 2 20 DNA Artificial Sequence Antisense Oligonucleotide 2 gtgcgcgcga gcccgaaatc 20 3 20 DNA Artificial Sequence Antisense Oligonucleotide 3 atgcattctg cccccaagga 20 4 866 DNA H. sapiens CDS (24)...(512) 4 ggcacgagcg gcacgagccc acc atg aag ggt ttc aca gcc act ctc ttc ctc 53 Met Lys Gly Phe Thr Ala Thr Leu Phe Leu 1 5 10 tgg act ctg att ttt ccc agc tgc agt gga ggc ggc ggt ggg aaa gcc 101 Trp Thr Leu Ile Phe Pro Ser Cys Ser Gly Gly Gly Gly Gly Lys Ala 15 20 25 tgg ccc aca cac gtg gtc tgt agc gac agc ggc ttg gaa gtg ctc tac 149 Trp Pro Thr His Val Val Cys Ser Asp Ser Gly Leu Glu Val Leu Tyr 30 35 40 cag agt tgc gat cca tta caa gat ttt ggc ttt tct gtt gaa aag tgt 197 Gln Ser Cys Asp Pro Leu Gln Asp Phe Gly Phe Ser Val Glu Lys Cys 45 50 55 tcc aag caa tta aaa tca aat atc aac att aga ttt gga att att ctg 245 Ser Lys Gln Leu Lys Ser Asn Ile Asn Ile Arg Phe Gly Ile Ile Leu 60 65 70 aga gag gac atc aaa gag ctt ttt ctt gac cta gct ctc atg tct caa 293 Arg Glu Asp Ile Lys Glu Leu Phe Leu Asp Leu Ala Leu Met Ser Gln 75 80 85 90 ggc tca tct gtt ttg aat ttc tcc tat ccc atc tgt gag gcg gct ctg 341 Gly Ser Ser Val Leu Asn Phe Ser Tyr Pro Ile Cys Glu Ala Ala Leu 95 100 105 ccc aag ttt tct ttc tgt gga aga agg aaa gga gag cag att tac tat 389 Pro Lys Phe Ser Phe Cys Gly Arg Arg Lys Gly Glu Gln Ile Tyr Tyr 110 115 120 gct ggg cct gtc aat aat cct gaa ttt act att cct cag gga gaa tac 437 Ala Gly Pro Val Asn Asn Pro Glu Phe Thr Ile Pro Gln Gly Glu Tyr 125 130 135 cag gtt ttg ctg gaa ctg tac act gaa aaa cgg tcc acc gtg gcc tgt 485 Gln Val Leu Leu Glu Leu Tyr Thr Glu Lys Arg Ser Thr Val Ala Cys 140 145 150 gcc aat gct act atc atg tgc tcc tga ctgtggcctg tagcaaaaat 532 Ala Asn Ala Thr Ile Met Cys Ser 155 160 cacagccagc tgcatctcgt gggacctcca agctcctctg actgaaccta cgtgggagga 592 gaagcagtct gatgacagag agaggctcta caaagaagcg cccccaaaga gtgcagctgc 652 taattttagt cccaggacca gacatcccca gactccacag atgtaatgaa gtccccgaat 712 gtatctgttt ctaaggagcc tcttggcagt ccttaagcag tcttgagggt ccatcctttt 772 tctctaattg gtcgcctccc accagactca cctgcttttc aactttttag gagtgcttcc 832 tcacagttac caagaataaa gaaagctggc cacc 866 5 25 DNA Artificial Sequence PCR Primer 5 cactctcttc ctctggactc tgatt 25 6 18 DNA Artificial Sequence PCR Primer 6 gtgtgtgggc caggcttt 18 7 19 DNA Artificial Sequence PCR Probe 7 tgcagtggag gcggcggtg 19 8 19 DNA Artificial Sequence PCR Primer 8 gaaggtgaag gtcggagtc 19 9 20 DNA Artificial Sequence PCR Primer 9 gaagatggtg atgggatttc 20 10 20 DNA Artificial Sequence PCR Probe 10 caagcttccc gttctcagcc 20 11 67674 DNA Homo sapiens 11 tgcttagcca tcagcagaaa tagtaaattt acctagtgca ttcagaaaaa tgctgttcct 60 cccagggaaa atagtgtttt ctattgctcc tgaaatctgc tgaccttggc actgactctg 120 gtcctcttac attaaggtga agctggggcg gggttgagga atcaagactg agaaaccttg 180 ctgtcctgca gcagaataga gatacatgga agaaggaaga cagaatcttg gctttgaaga 240 gaaagtgaga tgtgatgtca atgatcccac taacaccaaa accagcaaac cagcctcctt 300 aagggtggcc ccacctcccc acccttccta ctttttctac caagccaaac ccagaaatag 360 aacacggctc acttctcagg gctattgcct ctgcctcatc tccagagacc acatctgcag 420 ctcccaaaac aaggtctgtt ctgcagctgg acaattcact gctaaaatcc caaacctaag 480 agcagagcca aagccagagg agaggaaagt gacaataggg ccaaagcctc attccagatt 540 ccaaatgtca ttctgtagcc ctcgtgctat caactgctgc ctgctggctg cagccaggtc 600 cctgggtcca tacacagcct gcatcaagag cctgcagaga ctcgggggct ggagatggga 660 aacagatggt ggcctgcgct ttgtctttcc caagtttaca gcctcacctg ggggtggagg 720 ctgttctgag gggcccccaa gaggtaagtt cacgcatcac tactgaccct ctccctgtga 780 aagcagaaag tcagcacgca tcctacccca gaccagacca gccacacctg tagattcaag 840 gtcctggggg aacagtattc aaatgcctct gctctcagcc ttttacttct gactgtggtt 900 cccagcgagt ctaaaatttg agaagtgaaa ctgaacatcc aactgccttg gtgaggggag 960 aggaagaaat tttacaggct ttttattggc cggttatttt tctgtgtgtc ccatacaggc 1020 ccccaccatg aagggtttca cagccactct cttcctctgg actctgattt ttcccagctg 1080 cagtggaggc ggcggtggga aagcctggcc cacacacgtg gtctgtagcg acagcggctt 1140 ggaagtgctc taccagagtt gcggtaagcc cttgcagtac acccatgtgt gtttatgggg 1200 aaagcaaggc ccacagatgt gagccgctag tgctcagttg gagttggggt gggaggggag 1260 aggggaccag cagctgaaca ctttctccac ctgcagcagg tctgggaggg ccactgggag 1320 cttttggaag aaggagcggt ggggccagga ctgggagcgg aagagaatgg cagaacaaca 1380 aagagtacaa gaaagagaaa ttgaatctaa atatagccat ttactaacac cacagaaccc 1440 aaaaaagaac aaaatgatca gtgagtctac caaatcatca aacctcacca gctgaaaatt 1500 aggaaaagca gcttccagta ggcccttcct caacaccgta cacctgggct acctttccat 1560 ctgatgtact ttgcaagtga agtgaaaaga tcacttctgc ccaaagagaa gattcctgtc 1620 cctctctgga cactttcaga gctttcactg cagcagtagc tctcatgaat tcagcaagca 1680 cttcgcatgc agctatcaat gccagggttt ctcagtgcta gagataataa aagtgcatat 1740 gccaggcctg tcaccccagc gggccaaccc aatacgccaa cagataattg caattcagtg 1800 aagagaatgc agtgaactgt ggtaagaagt gtcagaacca accaatcggg ctgtgtctta 1860 gtcagctagg gctgccataa caaaccacca caggctgggg acttaaataa cagatttatt 1920 tcctcacagc tctggaagct gggctggttt ctcctgagac ctctcttctt tgcttctagg 1980 tggcatcttc tccctgtctc ctcatgtgct cttccctctg tgtacatctg tgtcctcatc 2040 tcctcttctt ataagtacac aatcatatca gattagggcc cacctccatg gcctcacttt 2100 agcttaatca gctctttaaa gaccctatct ccagcagggc atgatggctc acacctgtaa 2160 tcccagcact ttgggaggct gaggagggtg aaccacttga ggtcaagcat tcaagaccag 2220 cctgaccaac atggaaaaac cctgtttcta ctaaaaatat aaaattagct gggcatggtg 2280 gcacgcgcct gtaatcccag ctacttggga ggctgaggca gaattgcttg aacccaggag 2340 gtggaggttg cagtgagcca agatcgtgcc attgtactcc agcctgggca agaggagcga 2400 aactctgtct taaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaagaccc tatctccaca tacagtcaca 2460 ttctaagata ccgtagtccc cccccagtct gctaggaata cgttccaaga ctcccagtgg 2520 atgcctgaaa tcatagatcg ttttgaaccc tacatatact atggtttttg gacccaataa 2580 atgagacagc tactaagtga cggacaggcc ggtagtagag acaacatgga tattctagac 2640 aattcgtgtt cctggtgggc tgggcagcac gagatttcat catgctactc aggaggatgc 2700 tcaatgtcaa actaatgaat tatttctgga attttctatt taatattttt ggactgcagt 2760 tggctgagag taaccgaaac cttggaaagt gaaatcttgg ataagggggc tgtactgtac 2820 tgggggttgg gacttcaata cataaatttg aggggatgca attcatccca tacagggctc 2880 ccaagtgggg agcaactcag gagcccagcc tcaggatcac atctgctgtt agagggactg 2940 gcttgtgcaa acgcatggca ttgtgatatc tgccactttg gagggagatg ggggcaaaat 3000 gccgtttgaa ctacaggaga tggaaaagag aagttgatta agcatctgaa ttggcctcac 3060 tctaagctgg ggagtgatga ggatgcagtg cttgagcaag tacctgatcc tacaactgcc 3120 acccaaagag ctgcccagag aggtccagat ggtcactcta gtcaccaggg ccatttgttc 3180 aatttgacct cacttttaaa aataagggac attgaagtgc acacacacac aaaaattaaa 3240 aataagtaaa agagaatgaa cgactggatg ctggaagtgc tgatcttgtc actctaggtt 3300 ttcccatggc gtcaggacca ctagtatccc attcattttc agtgcaggat gagaagcaag 3360 atgtgagata aatggactgg tcagggttgg tttttccaat tcatccttgc ataaaggttg 3420 ccacagctga tctgtctccc agactcaccc tctgcctgca gccaggctgg tgcatccttt 3480 caagtcactt gcaagaggac tgggcacgtc agggaaagaa caaggacaca tcacctgccc 3540 acaggaggat ggctctttcc tctgtaggtg aagtttcccc atggagtcag tgaatgtctt 3600 agccaagcca ctcagaataa gagatggaag agatgcagtt ctcatccaag ggagtgggac 3660 gatcagacaa ttaagcaaca gggtaaatgc tttgtgtgaa aggctgtagt gaaggcaggc 3720 attgtgcacc agggacatag tagtcagacg atggtgaggt tggtatctgg atctgttgga 3780 aaaggagtca ccaagcctaa gttgaggctt aaagactgat gaaaatacta atgataacac 3840 ctcatgttgg tggaggccac caggctaagt actttacatg catcattctt atgttgcaga 3900 tgtgtaaact gagggataaa gatgttatga ctagtgaact tttccaaggc cacacagcta 3960 atagtggcag aattatatcc ccagggtcac agagaaggta agacattgag gaactattga 4020 tggaattaaa acaaattgat ccccagcctg cctgactcca gaacccatgc tctaaaactc 4080 cctgtggtct agagtttaat cagcaggcaa agtggactaa aggaggggtg agaggagaag 4140 tttggcagag acaatgacat gcgtgaaggc aggaaaatgg gaccaggcac agggttcagg 4200 gaactgcggg agggctgaaa acacaaaggg ctgaaagagg aagtggaaga catgagcaag 4260 accccagaca atggcgggct gcctcccttt ggccaggagg ttgcattttg gaaagatcct 4320 cgggcagtaa gcaggagtgt agattttgaa ttggaagcta tttgaggctg aaaatagggt 4380 tttctccagg tggagcaata attcaggaaa gaaaccacta aggcctaagt tgacatcatt 4440 tccgcagtct tgataacctt gaggagaagg gaaacttcac aagcagttac tgggctctga 4500 atactgacta ggaagtaagc agttttctga aaaagcagaa gtcctggcct ggccaactgt 4560 caatgacaca ggaaagaaga gagccactgt ctttactaaa gcaaaaggag gagcaaacac 4620 agtcagggcc ttgggtttgc taaatcacga gtcccacggt tacaaaagcc cagagactcc 4680 actccatgca caaaccacaa acacccaccg atatatttat ttatatgctg cctccagcat 4740 atacacgaag atgtgaggag atgacagaaa tacttatgat tggaagggga aataagcagc 4800 agtggaagaa gcagggtgag gggaagcata agggaaagtg ctatggactg aatgtttgtg 4860 tcccctgaag attcatgtta aaccctaatc ccagtgtgac agcattagaa ggtggggcct 4920 ttaggaagtg attagatcat gagaatggag acttcataaa tgggattaat atcttaaaag 4980 aagaggccag agatctcttt tcaccacatg aggacacaat gagaaggtgg ctgtctgtaa 5040 accaggaagc gagccctcac caagaacctg ctcctgctgg ctcccggatc tcagatttca 5100 accctccagg actctgagaa atcaatgttg gctgtttaag ccccccagtc tatataattt 5160 gttaaacctg cctgagttgg ctaaggggaa atcataaagg caggagaggt taggacacat 5220 gtaacagata gagcagcatg agaggtaaga gcttagaatc tggagtcagc aaagctcatt 5280 caaatcttgg gcaacactct agatctcatg ttattgtttg taaggagggt gtattcgttt 5340 cctgttgttg ctgtgacaaa tttctacttg gtggctgaaa acaacacatg tatttgctca 5400 tagttctgtg gtcagagtcc aaaatcaatt tcactgggta gacagggcct gggccttgct 5460 cccttagaaa ctctggggga gaatcccttt cttttctttt ccagcttgta taggtgcatt 5520 ccttggcctg aggcttcttc ctccatcttc aaagctgaca gtgtagcatc ttgcttcctt 5580 ctatcatcac atggccttcc tgttctgttt caaagctccc tctgcctcct tcctgtaagg 5640 acccttgtga ttaggatcat ctccccaact caagatcctt aatcacatct gcaaagtctc 5700 ttttgccaag taagataaga ttcacatgtt ccaggggtta agaggtagac atctttgggg 5760 accattattt agcctaatgt catagggaga atatattacc tacgcaaagg gctgtgtgaa 5820 gattatgtga gaaggactat atgaaaggtg cttagcacat actgtgcact caatgtatct 5880 ttgctgctga tgattttgta cagtatttta caactgattg aggtataata gactctgagc 5940 ttccttgaag ccaaatcaaa caaggacatg gcattgtttc tgaaataaaa ttagttttta 6000 agatgctcag cttttcctga tatagggatg agcgatgagg ggaatttctc cccagagtag 6060 atggcatcct ggatggtgtg tctactgaga ggccatggtg actcaaaccc gctgtttctc 6120 atgatgcccc ttggtgcagg tcaggaagcc agaatcaaga tacattctgc aaagggccaa 6180 ggcagaatcc tccatgaata tagcatacag caatcacagg tcagccttct ttgagagtga 6240 aggttagatt gtgtacagga atggataagc tgcatgtcct gtgggcaatc ctccataaat 6300 attgttgcca ttgtttttgt tactggatgt ttgtaagggt cagatagagt tctggattgt 6360 attttttggc aagggcccag cgttataatt tcacatgctt tgacatcaac caggcagagg 6420 aggacctgtg acacatgctc aaatgactta tgtccccctt tggtttccct gatactcaca 6480 gtctacctgg acagagaagt ggctcctaga agttgtgtaa ggcagacact tgcgaactag 6540 agcccgcagg ccaaacccca ctcggtgcct gtttgcatat ggcctgtgag ctagggatga 6600 tctttatatt tttaatgtta aagaattcaa aagaagaaga atattcatga cacatggaaa 6660 ttatctgaaa ttcaaatttc tgtgtccata aatacagttt tatttgacac agctgcaccc 6720 attcttttag atgttgttta tgctactcgt gttataatgg caaggtagtg tgacagtgac 6780 cacatggcaa ggctccacag agcgttataa tcatctggaa ctttctagaa aaggcttgcc 6840 aatccctggc caagagtagg aaggaatctc ttaaactctt cgccagatca gagtctcaag 6900 ttccaggcct tccagatgat tctacccaca gagaggctgc atgagcaagt gaactcaatg 6960 gtaaacccac catgattgca aggtatttat aagatccttt tcagagaatc atcattgtca 7020 taataacctc tcccttctgc atgccacttt aaaatttatg aagtccttcc attgacaaag 7080 cctcatttaa tccttacaaa caggtagata ggaagtttat ctccattttc tggatataga 7140 aactgaagcg tacacacatt aagcatttta ataaagtaat atacctgagc catgatacaa 7200 acctatgtgt ccttactgca tgctcagtga catagagcta tgtcatagaa ctctagtagg 7260 gagtaagtca tgccatcaga tcccagaaat acagggtgag accaggcaga aggcacagca 7320 caaaagataa gtcttcgggt aaaaaagtga aaacgccaag cagtctgtgg accagcaaaa 7380 gaaggatggg gaggaagagg agatcaggaa gagagggagg tggtgaggga gagggaaaga 7440 gaggaggaga gaaaagagcg gaaggaggag gaaaaagagg aaaaggaaga gggggagaaa 7500 gaagaggaag gggaaaagga gtaggaggag ggaagagaac aagaaggagg gaaggggagg 7560 aggaggatga ggaagaggtg gggaagaaga ggagaaggag gaggaggtgg aagaggagga 7620 agaggagaga aatgagaagc aggagaggag aaggggagaa gaaagaagag aggggagaag 7680 agaaggagga aaagaagatg aaaggggaga aagaagagaa gggggaggag gggggagtgg 7740 aaaaagaaga gagggagagg aaaggagggg agagattcat ctcctgatga aagaatggct 7800 tccctcctgc cccaccccac cccagcccca tcctctctac gcacatccag aactgggcca 7860 atttggctct tcccaagtat ccctcaggaa catacgacca cctcagaaga gaaggagccc 7920 taccacatct ccgtttttca gccatgtgca ccaagttctt gtttgttgca aagtgatgtc 7980 tagaaatgac atcttccaaa ttaaaagaag tatatgtagg gccactctct tatcattaag 8040 aacagcatat tttatagtca gagccctcct gcacaggagg catgctaatt tcctgaggaa 8100 gccctatttc ccatccccaa ccattccacc acgaggtagt cagtgagcgg ggaggggagg 8160 aagccctatt cagcagtgtg tggagggctg tgggtggtcc ctgtgggacc tggcagcccc 8220 ctggaagcat ccagggtcag tttaccatgg catctggtca ccaggcttca cacttgcaat 8280 cagcacctgc tctcctcccc ttaaagacag ttggccttta agtccacctc tgcctaaata 8340 ggcttcccat gctgctgatg tttgctacag ggcaggtgct ttagctgacc cccaaaaagc 8400 ctcttaatta caaagcctgc atcaagtcac atgtgcctga atcatccatc aaagtggcca 8460 aacgggacaa ttaatcagac ttgaagaatg taaaacatct ccgtacagaa tagagggtaa 8520 gctgcaaaca acctcgccat gtagcagaac caacaggata tattgataaa atgctcatag 8580 aaaacattct aaaagctgcc ccaggagaaa atggatgggg aaaatgctac tttcctcaga 8640 acctaataat tctgaaggaa atggagcata aaacaagcat gcatgaaaca tcaaaaaaag 8700 aaaagaaaaa cctcacaggt catctagtca cttagcaata 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ttccctttaa aatcaagagt 20400 gagacaaatt tgcccgtcac tgccacttgt attcagcatt gtactgaagg acctcaccag 20460 tgtagtaaga caagaaaaag aaaatgttaa aggatttgaa aggagcaaac aaaaatacta 20520 ttatgtgcat ataatatgac tttgtctacg cagaaaaacc taatctacaa attactggaa 20580 ctaatgaaag ttgaattagc aatttatttg gggactaatt tattacatta tttcaagaga 20640 tagctagcat gcatcgcgtt acttaattca ttttcatgga ggtagagtac atcattatac 20700 gtatcgacta caattgtgtc cctcctcctt ttgataaaaa tttaggttgt ttccactttt 20760 ttgcaattac aaactgttgt gaatatccgt tatttatgtc tcctgtgtca gaaaatgttt 20820 accggcccag tccttttttt ctttctccag ttttcagcag cttaagcctg ggcaaaagta 20880 tttagactaa ttgctctagt tgtatcagtt ttgtccagta atgtttccat gcacactaac 20940 agtttttaaa tgttctgaag acacatgaac agatggcaaa aaaaggctga acaatatcca 21000 aacggttaca gcaatggtgt tacagagaag ggcatagcgt tgagccaggc cttctttaaa 21060 ctttgctgtg aagcagaaga aactcacacg tggtgtttaa cttgtgtgca ggtctgcggg 21120 ggaaggacgg ctgtgattgt tcaacgggtg aactcttctc ctttattcat ccgaaatcca 21180 atttcctgtc ttatttttca tggcagcttg ctatctttca atataattct ttttatatct 21240 ttagcaaaag tattttttat tcccctaatc aggaagggaa tgctagggtg tgttgattct 21300 ggaggcagag aaatgagtcc tttccttggt taggaatgta ttttgctggc agagagacca 21360 agccaaccgc agctctgctt ttcccctcca gcatccacct gtaagagctt gtaatctttt 21420 attgttcatg gccccgggat cctattcccg gatggtctat gtgaaatgaa gagaaagtac 21480 aagcaagttc agatttccca tagaaacacc tccctccttc ctgtccagga gagctctatt 21540 gcagagttgg agcatccagc agacccaccc tggcttcatc tcattgacat aagagatgca 21600 gaaagaaatg gcgaattggc tttgggaatg aagaatttga cttccctggt tccagttcaa 21660 gacatacggg tgggaactcc cactgggtat ccactctgct ttcttgggaa agcttcacgg 21720 tatctttagg aaggaagcct gggattccac accctggaga tactggatct cttattctct 21780 atgcacttcc ttacacactt tctcttcctt caagggcctc tcagttgagg cactactcca 21840 ccttaaatcc aggtggccac attcagaagc actgtcacgc tggcctctca gcaacatgct 21900 aacacagaaa aggaggctgt ttatgagtca gctctgccaa caggattgct tcctaggaaa 21960 agtgcaaatt gatttttttc ctcctgttgg tctgctgggg gattggaggc agccacggac 22020 aattcattag cacatgtagg aaggccaggg agaaaaataa gctaagttgc tctcatacta 22080 gaaagcattt aggaagcaaa cccataaaca tggataatta ttgtgtgtcc attaaaattt 22140 aaaaaaaaaa aaagaattcg tgcttgttct gtaggcctct gtgtatggcc aagattggct 22200 acagggccct gaacattgca agaaacgttt gcactggcaa ggaagggtgc tggcctctat 22260 ttttgtagaa acagggtcta tgttgctcag gctggtcgtg aactcctggg ctccagcgat 22320 cctcctgccc aggcctccca aagtgttgga attacacaca tgagccacca cgcccagcca 22380 ggatctgtat ggtggtgctt atacgcagta accctgcata gaactacaag agcgaacacg 22440 tgcgtgcgtg tgaaaaccgc taaaacctga gtacagtctg tagagtacac cagtgtcaat 22500 gactaggttt tgatacgtgg ttctgtaaga tgttaccatg aagggaagtg ggtgaaagta 22560 cacagggcac ctctgtactc tttgtgtagc ttcctatgtc tatcattatt tcaagataaa 22620 aagattttat tttaaaaaaa tggcctgaag ctcttgagcc tgaggctacg catctccctc 22680 tgcctttatg acccacagtg caggccctga gcccccagag tctgggctcc actgccctgg 22740 cctctggggc atctgagaag cctggtacag gaaggaagca tgaagcttaa aatagtgctc 22800 agttcctcct tttacaagtg aagaaacgga agcttagggg ggggcaaggt gagtgctagc 22860 tgatgccctg atttactgcc tgagttacat ggaagcttct gtccctagga acataccaag 22920 acagtctgcc ctaaaatggt caagctagaa ggccaaagcg agggagggct ggggttttgt 22980 tttgtggggt gtgtgtgtgc attctcatgt gtgtatttaa gggctgcaaa ggacatactg 23040 gttttgatgt cacactatga gcacaaatgg tgtagaaatt ctattccaca acatgagcga 23100 tgttcagcaa agtcagtaag aaggtgagca tgtctgagct tacctgcaag atgaaggcct 23160 gtgatgacgg tggaaactct ttctgacccc agcagccaca gaaatttgta ttttgccaag 23220 gaaggctcct tctttgaaaa tatataggaa gaagacagaa gtctaccttt ctgataccac 23280 tttaagcaat agaggaaaag aaaattatct tgtttttcca ctgtccttcc aggggtgatt 23340 ctaggaccgt taagatctgg ccgtgtctga gcaaacacca gccacctccg acctccagcc 23400 tttcaaagaa acaagctgga ctgtttgcat ttatatgatt caaaatgaag gtcacaaaag 23460 cacaactgac ttgattttat gaagagcttt tgttgacaaa cgtgaagttc ccagaataca 23520 cagtctttgg gacttgagtt tttttgtata tattattctc tgtgcctgag ttggtagaaa 23580 agagcctaca taacataggc tcctactcca gcccagtaca aggttttcaa cctgcacact 23640 ttccataaac cctctctgcc tcagttttcc caattctaaa acacggatga tagcatctct 23700 cttaaggctt ttgtgaggat ttcagctaat acatacgtag ggctcagaac aggacctgct 23760 gtggaaagag ctatagaagt gatcactgtt attacactca tctgtaatta ctgcaagtat 23820 ttggaaatat ataggaatat acttaagatg aatggacaca aaaccgcctc cacagcttcc 23880 aaggcaaagc gctgctacct gtccaccgtg tggcagttcc tgtcacccac actggtgcct 23940 ccctgttctc tcaccgcacc ttgtggctac gctgcgcgcc ggtcgtgttt gtcccccctt 24000 tctcctgaaa gtcaggggct atgcttaaga ctaaatcacc tttgtatccc acatctagca 24060 cagtgcctat caaacagtac gggctcaaaa agctttaaca atcggaccga taaaatagca 24120 gggcttttgt ctctcctgtc aatctagcat ctctccttcc attttttctg cacctaccaa 24180 aaataagaaa aaaatcagac tgctgctgtg ttctgccagc tgctcttaac ttccagcacg 24240 tgtcccaagc aatctacttg aaaggatatc taccccctta actgagtact gaacactatg 24300 aaaataatct ttgtggtctc ttgtattagg agagagcaaa ttgaagatgt taaaaagcca 24360 atgtattagc aagatttgag aagatccaaa agcaagctga ttatttccaa aaatcagctc 24420 aacaactcct aagattgata gatgtgtcca caatttgggg gttcttggtc tcactgactt 24480 caagaacgaa gccacagacc ctcacagtta agttcttcaa gagggcgtgt ccagagttta 24540 ttccttctga tgttcagatg tgttctgagt ttctttctcg tgggttagtg gccttgctaa 24600 cttcaggcgt gaaactgcag accctcgcag taagcattac acttcttaag gtgatacatt 24660 tggagtgtta atcatttatt ttcccccagt gggtacctag tctcactggc ctcataaaag 24720 aaaccgcaaa ccttcatggg gagtgttaca cttcataaaa gcaatgcaga cccaaagtgt 24780 aaacaacaaa aacacttact gcaaaaagca aaagaacaaa ccaaccacac aaaagcaacg 24840 aaacaaccag ttgtcactag tggagcctgc agcctgactt tattctctta tctggcccct 24900 cccacatcct gctgattggt ccattttaca gagagccaat tggtctgtct tacagagagc 24960 tgattggtcc gttttgacag ggtgctgatt ggtcgcgttt acaatccctg agctagatgc 25020 aaaagttctc cagttcccca ctagattagc tagatacaga gtgttgattg gtgtatttac 25080 aaaccctgag ctagacacag agtgctgatt ggtgtgttta caaaccttga gctagataca 25140 gagtgctgat tggtgtattt acattccctt agctagacat aaaggttctc caagtcctca 25200 ccagcttaac tagatacaga gtgccaattg gtgcattcac aaactctgag ctagacacag 25260 ggtgctgatt ggtgtgttaa caatccttga gctagataca gagtgctgat tggtgtattt 25320 acaatccctt ggctagacat aaagcttctc caagtcccca ccagagtagc cagatacaga 25380 gtgtggattg gtgcattcac aaaccctgag ctagacacag ggggctgatt ggtgtgttta 25440 caatccctta gctagacata aagattctcc aagttcccac cagactcagg agcccagctg 25500 gcttcaccca gtggatccgg cactagggcc gcaggtggag ctgcctgcca atcccgcgcc 25560 gtgcgcccgc actcctcagc ccttgtgcag tctaggggac ggagcgctat ggagcagggt 25620 ggcgctgctc gtcggggagg cttggcctgc tcataagctc acagcggggg agtggggagc 25680 gggaggagac ttcaggcatg gtgggctgca ggtcctgagc cctgccgcgc cgggaggcag 25740 ccaaggcccg gtgagaaatc gagcacagca gctgctggcc caggtgctaa gctcctcact 25800 gcccggggct tgctgtcagg ccggccgctc cgagtgcggg gcccgccgat cccacgccca 25860 ccgggaactc gctctggccc gcaagcgccg cgcgccgccc gggttcccgc ctgcgcttcc 25920 cccttcatat ctccccgcaa gctgagggag ccggctccgg ccttggccag cccagaaagg 25980 ggttcccaca gtgcagcggc gggctgaagg gctcctcaag cgcggccaga gtgggcgcca 26040 aggccgagga ggccccaaga gcgagcgagg gctgccagca tgctgtcacc tctcaatagg 26100 gccccttact ttccctgcct gatggtttat ccgccttcct tcagtcactc ctcgaacact 26160 taaccagctc ccacagtgca gtgtaaagag cgaagcaagg tgttgctaga gtggggaatt 26220 cagaaatcgt gaagggacgt ttttagctca ttctcaaatt ctgatggaga tatttttcat 26280 acagtttatt ccttagaacc ttctacttac attccctaaa agaataagtt gttatttaca 26340 gcctgtattg gttcccgtgt tcaggaacac aggcagcctt tccagaagaa aatcagtgtt 26400 taggaaacaa aatggatgag ttgactttcc atctccaaaa gtcacggtgg cttatggaga 26460 ggcacgaagc acacacaacg caacacaatc cgtccaagtt cacagccgca gaagaaccac 26520 acccaaaatt gctgagagtg tgaaccttga ctgccttaca aacacagacc gcaaagggag 26580 gtaaagctta ttcggctaca aaagatgttg cttgtctctt aagtagttcc ttcattgacg 26640 ccaaatgtct tttatttata atcacgtctc tttttttttt tttttatttg agtgtatgct 26700 tgcattccca ccttcaaatc attgctctcc gcccgagcac agagctcccg cgagcctgca 26760 ggcagcccag gactcctgcg cataccaggc tctctggtct tggctctccc agccccacgc 26820 cgcccactca catctgccca gctctgctgt tcttccacgt tcttctccac attgggagtt 26880 ttttgcaggc gtgtcctgtc tcatgctccc catcctccgc tagctctcct tgctcatctc 26940 ttcagctttg ttctctttgt ccctgaactc tcatctcaaa tcttttcatg cctaagatcg 27000 tgcttggcag agagtcgatg ctcaggaaat gaaacagaaa aaaaaaatgc ttttaggggc 27060 tgttgcaaga atcctaccta agcagggccg tgcctttctt gaaagaattc ttgagagtcg 27120 cttgggtaac tgccaaggtt ccaactcctc aggactgagg caggggaaac atggtgtcct 27180 gtagagacag gagccagaga catgaaaaaa gagggagagg ccgggagcat ctcaccggct 27240 cataaagggc taagcggagg cggctgcctc ttaacgcttc ataaattctg tacaccttgt 27300 gaaatggttt gtaaggagat ttcttaggac atctatgaag gggttaaact ttgagccgag 27360 tgatacacgg tagacgtagg atctcacgtt taagatcata tatcaggaaa tgagcaaaaa 27420 aaacttggtg tggcttttaa cattgggttt caaactaggc aaggcaagag aatcacctgg 27480 ggagcatttg aaaaccaggc agcacccaga cttattaaat cagactgtct ggggtggaac 27540 tcaggcatgg gtattttcac agcactctcc tattgatttc aacgtgcagc cacattaaga 27600 accatcagca aagagcatcc caaccatgag gttatgttcc accaatcctg tttaatctca 27660 agggctggga ggccccaact gacatctagg tttcatctca gaaatatcta tttaacttaa 27720 agcttggctg aaggcaggct gcggtggctc acgcctgtaa tcccagcact ttgggaggcc 27780 gaaacgggtg gatcacttga ggtcaggagt tcaagaccag cctggccaac atggtgaaac 27840 cccatctcta ctaaaaatac aaaaattagc ccatggtggt ggcacacacc tgtaatgcca 27900 gctactggag aggctgaggc atgagaatcc cttgagcctg ggaggtggag gttgcagtga 27960 gccaagattg tgccattgca ctccagcctg ggtgacagtg agatgttgtc tcaaaaaaaa 28020 aaaaaaaaaa aagctgggca caggcacagt ggaccacatc tgtagtccta gcagtttggg 28080 aggctgaggt aggaggatcg cttgaatcca ggagtttgat accagcctgg gcagcagaac 28140 cagaccctat ctcaaaaaat aataatacaa aaaagatgta tgaacttaac taaattattt 28200 taaacctagg gtgttcttac attaaaaaga aaaatgttaa aaagaagttg gtttcatttt 28260 ctgcaactgt aatgagaata gtcaatattg taatatcttc tttctaatag actccatcct 28320 ccttttgccc aattattaac tatctattat gtgcctagca ctggccaaga tgctttatat 28380 gcattatttt tcttaattcc taataaaaca cttcagtgca ttttcctcta tcccagtttc 28440 ctttgggttg agaaaagcag caccttcgca gagtgacagt gacctgcaca atctcagtga 28500 agaattttat caaaattggg aagcttgttg ggtcttgtcc ctctctgtaa gcaacttgaa 28560 tcctaggagg accaggttcc ggcacacata tctggactcg tttcgcctcc atctaaagct 28620 ctgcttctgt cttctgtctg cctcgctcat gtactgcagg gtgagacccg cacagcaacc 28680 agggtgcagt gctgagggcc ctggaggctg agtctggaga tgtgaggaag tcacttccct 28740 gcctgaaatc tcagtctctt ccttagcaaa cagggatgtt actaacaccc catgccctgg 28800 ccactctcaa gactaatgag agaatcaaca attcaaattg catttgagga cctcctggta 28860 cgtttggttc aaatccagca ccatcaatga gcagaccagg ctggcctcag ctgttacctc 28920 ccagccagtt tgtcagttcc tgctcaccca tccatcatat tccacaacat cagatgccaa 28980 ggacaacaaa caccttagct ttttctttta aatcatatct agttcatgac ttctagaagc 29040 agaagggaat tccttttcag catttgcggc atgtcaagaa aagtcccaga gatcatcttt 29100 gcagctgtgc agtcacgtaa accaccctgt gcatctggcc ctgtttctgt cccctgtcaa 29160 gagacagaca aatgcgtaag aaccgcagac atgaaataca acaggtgtat cctggttgtg 29220 tgagtgtcac cagtgtcatg gttcccgctg tccctaagcc aggctctccc ttagaaggag 29280 tggtgaaatc cacattggca gcggagaagc atgtgctaac gtccaatctt ccattgtaaa 29340 aagagagcag actagcattt atccactttt ctatcccaca tggactgact ccaaattagt 29400 aacagaaagt tgaacaatta ccaacaccaa gccaaagagg caagttcccc tgatgcttct 29460 agacttgagg aagccctagt aatctggtcg ctacttaacc aatagtaggg ctctgggtga 29520 actggcctgg tcaaaatgct ccttttccac ctcagttcca ccacggctag cacagtgtcc 29580 agcgcatatt agacagttaa gaaacatatt gtaagaaaga agagtgacac tgttattaag 29640 atggtgttta aaatgaagag gggcaggcaa ggtagtataa agtgaatccg tgggaaacat 29700 gccttgtcta cagaagacta taaaatgttg atgataatga gactataatg tgttgactat 29760 aaatgagaga tttagagtat atataaagtt tgcatgcatc ttttgttgag tttattattc 29820 agtagtgtgt tatcataatc agatgatgaa gtattataca tacgatgata ccagaagcat 29880 ttctgatttg tctatcccca agacctaatc cccttcctat cacagggtaa tgaatgatga 29940 gccaagttgc tcttcctatt gcatcctcca gccactaaga tgcactgtct ctcacccata 30000 agacaggttc cagtttcctc tcaccttcat gttaggatcc tatgctatgt ggcgccatgg 30060 caccctcttg gtaacacaca ataaaatctt gcacttagtg catttggttt ttttgttttg 30120 ttttgttttt tgtttgtttg tttgttttct tgagacagtg tctcactctg tcgctcaggt 30180 tggagtgcag tggcgcgatc tcggcacact gcaacctccg cctcccaggt tcaagcggtt 30240 ctcctgcctc agccttctga atagctggga ctacaggcac atgccaccac acccgactaa 30300 tttttgtgtt tttaatagag atggggtttc accatgttgg ccaggctggt cttgaactcc 30360 tcacctcagg tgatccatct gcctcggcct cccaaagtgc tgggattaca ggcctgagcc 30420 accgcgcctg gctagcgcat tgttgatcta ctcctaagat gcaaagatca gacaaaactg 30480 cctcaattag gtcattattt tcctcaagac atttggcaag atattttggg cagaagagtg 30540 tcttcattgc cactcatctg ttatggtctc tcatgtttat atcatgatag aaaagccatc 30600 tcctcctatg ctgatagaag ccaaacttag gttattctga gaaagtggaa cttagaggcc 30660 agaggggcca tgcaagattc ctactccttt tctgtcaata aaaaggctta ttatgaattc 30720 aatttttttt tttttgcaat taaaagcaga caagctaggg atccagaatt ttgagtttag 30780 cagcccaaac ataccttctc actcaaaaac atattcacca aggttgccag gcagccagca 30840 ggatgttgca gattttacca tctcatatca caaatagtcg atattccatt atgatggtgt 30900 tcattttatt tttgttgcat ttgatagcaa gaaacatgtt taagtatttt gaacacaccg 30960 tttacatatc tgagatgaaa ccggaagcca gttcatacgt atgacttgaa tgtgtgagtc 31020 aattcccgag gaaatgctgg cataagagag tcaaatggga gtggaactac tattatttga 31080 aataatgacc cattggggag ccttgctgtg ctacagtaat aagatttgac aggtagaaaa 31140 aagaagagat caggacataa tagaaaacca cagctagaat acatttacca cattgtaaat 31200 tatttctttt tccacaaagg tggggaggga gtatgagggg aggaggagga gggaacacag 31260 tggcattaag gacagaaaag aagaaagtta attttgcatt gtgctggtaa tggatttcca 31320 gcaatgcgat tttactgaag ccttatgcat catcctcctg taaaggtcta cggtgaccct 31380 tgaacgtcat cctatgaatt cgccaagaaa attaagacac tccagtaaaa gtacagccat 31440 gaaagaagac agacttctag atccatgccc aactagatct gtttgataaa tagaacacaa 31500 gctggcagaa ttggccatca gccaacctaa aagaagaaat caaaagcaag gtctgtttgt 31560 tattttgtta catttgggaa agaattctga aagatgcaga ggaatatctg ctactatttg 31620 gcccgggact agcagttcaa ccacactcag acactctgtc tccagtgcca agtggttctg 31680 tttctctaga gaaccctaac acaccccccc attattaaac aaccatccag tactgtttta 31740 ttgagcagtc agaagcagac cagctttatt cacattctgt taacccaatt tttccttccc 31800 tccataaact gtttgctaga ggcagtcttg ccagtgcagc taagctgcct gtggctggta 31860 aggtctcctg ggccctctac gccctttctc ctccgcaggt cgtgcctcta ttggaagcat 31920 gcttgtaata cctaacatcc tcctggggcc agcctgtgtt ctgccaaaag cacatgcagg 31980 aagcaatacc agctcttaga gtaatgtggg ccacagggaa tgagccatga atgttaagat 32040 gtgtttgaag aaaagtcagt gttcttaatc tcaggatggt agccagatct aagtactggt 32100 atgagaagaa aaagagaaac agagagagag aaagggaggg agacagggag agagggaaag 32160 aatgagagac aggaagagag aagaggagag ctaggagaaa gggaggggga gaaagactac 32220 ctttacaaag caggaaggac attgcaatct tggggttgca cttggccatg agtatgtgga 32280 aggctggtgg aagtgagatt ggaggggggt cagctccttt tcacagcgac tctgctgtaa 32340 gaattctacc ttcccctgag aggaggaaga ccaatttcta accattttaa acccaagcaa 32400 tagaaatgta aaaaacaggc acatacatgc gcttgtacac acacacacac gaatgattgt 32460 taaactggtg acatctgaat aaactttgtg gattgtatca gtgtcaatgt cccagttttg 32520 gtattgtcct ccatgtaaga tcttaccatg ggggatgatg gggaaagaca tatgagacct 32580 ctctgtatct ttttgcaact tcctgtgaaa atataattat ttcaaaatat aaagctaaag 32640 aaaaacctca agtagagcta gaatatggaa aatgggacta gctgtgtaag agttgggccc 32700 tcctctatgc ctcaaactaa ccagccagca acgcagaggc cacagggggc ggagctacat 32760 ccatggcctc caggacttag ggacatacat ccaagctttc cggctgcctg aagtcaaatc 32820 aaggattggt ccagtggagt gtacccgggc ccccaccatc ctctgctgag gaatttcact 32880 tccagagtct gtgtcattgg attttgtctt cttcctactg attccagttg aaagcccact 32940 gctagctgtt aatagaagcc attctgacaa ggttgtcctc ccctcgacag ctgcccaggt 33000 ctagcccagc ctaggccact aatggagggt ggaaggcaca acaatacctt tggagctgat 33060 atttgttcaa acgctgctca ctctaaacct ggcttgttta tccaactcta ttttactcca 33120 tgaatgtcca agaaaacttt tctagaagag atttgattgt tgctgccctt tgtatgcaaa 33180 acagatgctg ctggctgctc tcctagagct cttcctcact tctggcaggg ttcacatgct 33240 gctggtttgg agaagcctgc cttcgagggc ccacatgccc gggggagagg ggagcagggg 33300 cagtttgggg tgtgctggat tcacccacta taatgctgtc ctcccttggg tggaagccat 33360 agaagtcaac aggacagaca gcaagggagt gccacataga ggccaaggaa gaaatattga 33420 aaatgaacag tcttctattt cgtgatgaag ttttgacttc tttcctcagg tcatttgctg 33480 aaatacagtg aagtatctgg aggaaacact tatctctgcc cttgaattcc cagaacgcca 33540 actctgatta actttccgat gttattgctt cagaaagtcc aaagtcagat gatccgtctt 33600 acatgtatta aaagttactg aggcaagggt ccaagggaaa gtctctccgc tctcagcctg 33660 tccgtcactg ttcatactgt agaaggagaa ctactttaaa atgcaaccta ccatctttta 33720 tattggtagg tgattctgag gcatttgcag gataggtaaa gcctggaaat tgatacagtg 33780 attatttaaa gcagtgatcg ccaccagggg tgagtttatc cctcatggat actttggtaa 33840 ggtctagaga tatttttggt ttcacaacta gagggtatgg ggatgctact ggcatctggt 33900 gggtagagac cagggatgct tctagacatc ctatgatgtg cagaacagca cccaccacaa 33960 aggatatcca aaacaaaatg tcaatagtga tgacattgag gaatcctgct ttaaggttct 34020 cggcaaattt actacaaata accactacta ttcatccagc aaacaatcac tggagattta 34080 gtatgatatt aagacattat gtatagccct ggcactgggg agttagcttt gcagtatcta 34140 gtggaggaat gacagaggta tacaaacaaa tataatgtaa tataaaacat gcaaagtgcc 34200 tgagtggaaa tgcaaataaa tacagagaag gatatgagtt tgagagggtg gggttggggg 34260 aggaggaaga accaatgtca ctttccccaa gaggaccaca aactgcatgt ttacactcaa 34320 agatatcact cttgcatata aatttgaaat aactgctagg aaagctcacc aaacccttaa 34380 gcgcttttta agcaatctgt ctttctgctt ttatatacat atcctcagag agatgcagcc 34440 tacagctttc tttgtgactt tgttctttat tgagattatt ttcctaacaa caatgtgttt 34500 ctagtaccaa gaaaatgctt tatttccttc tcccgccctt agttgattct ttctatctat 34560 acctttaaaa tattgataaa catacagtgt aattctatag ctgctaatca acaacacaat 34620 acgtacttag cctcttttat tttgcctgga tagcaactta aatttatcca caattttgag 34680 gattcacctt cctaagcatc tgttcattgg cttctgtctt tttcaatact gagtgccaag 34740 gatgtagcag gaactatcgt ctccaacccc ctgctcctat tttccaggct gaaagaaacc 34800 ctgggacagc acagagatac ttaggaagga gtccaatgag cataagacaa aagggctctt 34860 tcccaccctt aggaaaatta gtgactggac caaaggggtt ttgatcaaac aaaagtgtac 34920 ttacgttaga tttgcaaggc tgaaattgcc tagtgatcat ttccattgca gatatcatag 34980 acaatgatgc atcttccagg tcagcaatgt ggatgataaa actgtctgga acactacatt 35040 ggcaaatgtg agctcatagc taagctgaaa tggaaatcag ttatgaaaca gaactaccag 35100 atgccatatg cctgcacaca aaatattctg ggcaatctta caaatcaaat aagtaacata 35160 tgtagttgag gttctacttt gtgagtttca ctgcacaata cccgggagca atttgtttgt 35220 ttgtttggtt ttaactctgg ctttgaatct tgactctgac actttctagt gtggggatct 35280 agataagtta atacaacatc tccgagtcta tattttcgta acagtaaaat gaggtaaatc 35340 atacctatct cttcagatta ttgtttattc tgcaggtctg ggtgctgtca ggaaaacgaa 35400 gaccatatca gttattttaa cagagagaat ttgatatagg aagttggtta gagaaccagt 35460 tgctggagaa ccaaaagagc aaagaaagga cccctgaagg ctgggagagc aaaaggcaga 35520 ggttgtgggg attagaaact ggatgcttga cagaaggacc ctgtggagct gagacacagg 35580 ctgctaagga aagggtgaca gcttctgatg tgctgttact gcagtagctt agggccccgc 35640 agagctgagt ctcagctgaa gctgggaagg tgcaagagag ctggaaactg gaaccaactg 35700 ccactgccaa catgatgggc catcaccagt gacactccca gcaagtactc acgaaggagc 35760 aagtcccttc ttcgactcca gcctccatct ctctgctacc ttgactggca gacagtgaag 35820 gagaaacatg attaccgaga gcccagtgaa aaagcagagg aaagagggct ggatttggag 35880 ctgagaaaca gccccaatat atggcccatc cattcactca acatgtacat ttatggagtg 35940 cttactgtgg atcagactgt gaggctgtga ggctctctgc taggtgttgg ggaacctaga 36000 gaattaaatg gaaaacactc ctaaagtaca aggctcagct attagtacaa ggtaaaccct 36060 ctgttaaaaa tagctctcct atctccagtc cagtgggaaa cataaaggaa aaggaaatgg 36120 aaagcaaaac aaacaaaaca aaacaagaaa ccagctctgg cctttaagaa atctcatgtt 36180 tagattcagt gttgcaggat aagccacgta gcaaagtgca gagtgataca tgtttgtaca 36240 ctttaccaag aatgccagac atcgctgttt taagagttca aggaagcaag agaatatatg 36300 ggggcaggga agccttcaca aagaagatgg gaatgagcaa gacctgagga tttagataat 36360 ggccaaaaag actaagacca ttgcaaatgg gagaaagcac acaagcaaat caaacatggt 36420 gggaatgtgc tggtgtgtat gttgccactc tggcctcaag gaatgaagga tggatttgtg 36480 atgtggagga tggaagttgg agccagtcgc tcatttctgg actgtattct gaggcataga 36540 taagccattg gagctttgtg aatgagcaga agttgtatgc agaaaatatt atctttatag 36600 cccctatcat atctaacaca ataccttgta catagtggaa tatttggagg aggaagcatt 36660 acattaaatg ggatgggatg ggatgggatg ggatgggatg ggttgggatg ggatgggata 36720 aaatggaatt agaaaggcag gtcttaactt tgaaaatctt tttagaaaat attttgagcc 36780 taagtattaa tgtctactca agctctccta acttttgtat ctccctctgt tttgataata 36840 ataatagata ctttattaaa tccgctatgc aatccatgag caattttaag gccaaacgtt 36900 caggaactaa aaaaattcag gcaatgataa acattttcta tgataaaaac attaacaagt 36960 aaagatataa cccaactagc aagaccctgt ttattccatg gatggaggcc ccctgttgtc 37020 agagtgaaca tgatgttggc tttgaagaca cgggggggag ctgatgaaaa tatcatgggc 37080 ttattttaaa aagtgttggg caatatgctt ttgaataaat gtagcaattc atgtgaaaac 37140 aatattgttg caaattttga atatgtttgc aaaatatacg atgtactcgc aactaatcta 37200 ttgttttctt cttcgtagat ccattacaag attttggctt ttctgttgaa aagtgttcca 37260 agcaattaaa atcaaatatc aacattagat ttggaattat tctgagtaag taaaaaaaat 37320 gattagcatg aaataaaaca ttgcacagcc tcttccaact ccacacaccc aatgacttat 37380 gttaactgta atgactggct aaactactgt tccctcacca ctctctggaa ttaactctat 37440 ttatatcttc attttcaaat ctttctctgg gttatattca ggtagggtag aactctcact 37500 taaagctgta cttttgtatt aaaaagactc taggcactca tttggatgat ataagcacct 37560 ggaatcagta tacccagcaa aaaaaaagga aaatattttg agattaagta ttaatgtcta 37620 ctcaggatct cctaactttt ttagttatct cagcaacaaa taaatctact accagcggta 37680 cggtttgtca tttgtgttat tttgtatccc aaatagttaa tacaaattct taaactttga 37740 catcggcaag gaggagatgt aatattttct ctcctacccc aatcagtaag ctagagcact 37800 ttctgattgt ttaattttca tatgatcatg caattatagt tggtcaatat attttctata 37860 gctactagac gacctccttt tccaaagcag ttatatcaaa atcaaagtag agaggtttaa 37920 taaacttagc atgtggaatc attccagaga aatggaggga acattcatag aaatcaagaa 37980 ctctcacgca tctttgtatt tctagaatct tacacagtat ctggactcta gcagcagctg 38040 gagaaatgtt atggggagag aaaaagcgag aaaagagaaa tagaagagtg ggtggaacat 38100 aaaagggagg aatggagaaa aagagagaat tggaagccac caccatggaa cccgctgcag 38160 cttcctgtgc acctgtgctg caatacctcc ctggcaacag cagcaggtgt atgtaggcgt 38220 gaccacaccc caccgccatc atggggaaca aatgatacta tgcaactgag aaattccaga 38280 agccagacct gcagacatca cattaaaagg ccatagcatc agggtgggga gctcagctga 38340 ttaactacct tgttccaagc aggtattttg agaaacagcc acctttcata cgcagggccc 38400 catcataatc ccctgtagca ttgcctaaat gctgttttac caaggaaaga agaaaactgt 38460 tccccacaca gagaagatta atggaaacaa aaggttcttt agctcatgct gctgtatact 38520 gtgaatgcct ctgatacaca gtgaaacacg cagtaagagt aaagctgttc ttctctttcc 38580 tccaggagag gacatcaaag agctttttct tgacctagct ctcatgtctc aaggctcatc 38640 tgttttgaat ttctcctatc ccatctgtga ggcggctctg cccaagtttt ctttctgtgg 38700 aagaaggaaa ggaggtaagc catctgtctt gctcactgct ggcaggggcc tgcagagaga 38760 taaactcgaa cttgcatctg aggccaggac gcccagacca gagctctgtc tctgcccctc 38820 gcctttggac gagcttatcc tcacttatca gcatgtgttg cagaaaaata acaataaggc 38880 ccattccata ggcctacctt acagggctgt tgtgaatatc aaaatgaaat gacacgtatg 38940 agatgcttta aaacagaaca ttgttactgt gagtagcagc atcttataaa aaagggctgg 39000 cagcagaaag agccaagagg ttccaaaaat ccattgaggt tcagagtgct cccaggtttt 39060 ccctccacaa cttccttagt ggcaggatgt ccttaatata gtaatggact tcaaaaacga 39120 aaaaaaaaaa tgaagcttat gatatgtcac cacctttccc acgtgggtca ttgactagca 39180 gggcatccgg gagttacact cgaagtagag aaacggaaac cccattatat tagctacctt 39240 ttcggcagtg caccaaccct ctaccgcctg ccatacagcc ttgaagaaag ggcaggtcac 39300 cttcccccac ctgtccccac ctctcctttc ctccttgtct ttacccacag cttcaccaag 39360 gccctgagat gcttccgcgg tgtggttaaa acctggctct attctctgac tgtccttccc 39420 caggagtggt tctctcccag ctgctctccc ctcccagggt ctccttccta ctcccactgg 39480 ccaaggcagg gcataccccc aatacacccc tcaccccaca tctcagaaat actcctttat 39540 ctattttctc attcaagaga gctagaattt taaacagtaa attccttgtg aaatgctgca 39600 attactcctt ttaaatgaaa gatctagaag aaattggaat ctcctttcta cagtgaggga 39660 tgcagacaaa agaaaacaag gaacttaagg gaggattggc cagatggaag tcgggggaac 39720 tttgctggga tctgtagagg gcagaaccag cctggctgcc tcaccaccct cgccatccct 39780 cccgagtgtg tggcacatca ctgtatccta gcgtttgcca tgttggactg tcctggttta 39840 ctgccgtgta tcttccacat tggaccacga gctgcttgag ggtagggtca tatcaccttt 39900 gtctttttat tcccagtatt tcaaatgtgg ctgacacaca gagagctctg aatacagaca 39960 cacgcagagc aaaatgccta acacgattga gcattcgtac caggccctgt tctaagagct 40020 ttagacccaa taagtcattt acttcccaca ccaaccttac aagttaatac tacattaata 40080 ttccaacttc ataaatgtgt aactgaagca cagaggggtt taggaacttg caccaagtca 40140 cagagcttga aggatccatg gcttgaaccc aggcaggctg actccaatct tagctttaat 40200 gaatgaatga ataaaagaac aaacaataca acaaatgagt gtgtcttgct tttggccaag 40260 gggtttattt aaaattatca tttcagaaat ctttctgccc agtgatctga ctttgtttca 40320 aattgggact tttttttttt tcttagctaa cccaccttaa aatcataagt cagttttcct 40380 ctctcaactt actggagaca tttctgatta atcaagtacg ttcatgcatt tcctcagaat 40440 ggtgaactca tcattagtcc gtccctattt aactttttcc acctgccctc agctgggcca 40500 accccgagct cctcaaccac agtcagtcct ttctccttcc ctccctccct ccctcccctt 40560 cctccttccc tccccttcct ccctccctcc ccttcttcct tctctccctt ctctccccca 40620 tccctccctc ccttcctccc ttcttcagcc acatcttgct ccacccccct atacatacct 40680 gcggcatcag ccttaaggga tcctttgcca ctttctcttc agagctgcat tttaacatgt 40740 gcaacattat ttggatggtc cccttagcat gtgtggccca cttgctattt gcttttcatc 40800 cagacctagc tcaagtatcc ctttctctct ctgtctctct gtctgtctct ctctctgtct 40860 ctctctgaag cttcctctag ccccaacaga tgaagtgctc cctctgggtg ctctgggagc 40920 atcgtgttcc tacttctgct gtagtgctta tctcagatgg aattgaattt tacggttagt 40980 gtgtgtccct cccaattaaa ctttaaactc cttgaaggaa ggcatatttc ttgctcctat 41040 ctgtctctgc tgacatggca aagagacctg gcacaaagta aagacacaat agatacttgt 41100 tttattgcat ttgcctgtga acatatgatg gattgaacac agttttacca gttcacctta 41160 aaaatgacta cttaaggctg cttatgcatg gcacaaagac acaacatgca tcaaatccta 41220 gcagagagta cattttcctg gtccttcaag tataagaaaa ccttgctatt tttgcctgcg 41280 tatggtttta ataggattga taaaacagaa gagagatggt tccctaaatc agtttgaggt 41340 attcaattca gtttagcagc tcaaaaggct gacatttgcc ttatttgaag gttggacagc 41400 tctgcagcta tttatctgct ttattgcaat gggagtgatg actgcatagg caagctgaga 41460 agctggcatt ggggaaattg ccagaaaact tcatatagtg taaaatatca tatagtgtaa 41520 aatgatcaga aaagtgatat acaaatgctg catgaacaaa taattatgta aactatgtaa 41580 gtcagagaaa ctaaaatctt aaagtcagag gctttttgga taattaaatt gttttaaccc 41640 acccacaaac ctactgcagg aatgattcta ttccaaagaa atggttaata gtaagaccag 41700 aaggggaaaa aagaacacca gggagaacta aagtcaatcc aaatccaagc acaagctgct 41760 gttgacatgt tacacataaa aaggcttgct ctggggcttg caggtccttc ttagcagagc 41820 ggtgagaaaa cttaatgtcc actgtgggtg gcacattgtg gtgtcactgg cagttgagct 41880 gtttggtatc attgccatgg cattactatg cattcctctg caaactgcat ctcgctggct 41940 tttctccaag ccaaataaaa cacaaaatgg gtcaggctta gtgagactga aatgttgcct 42000 cctttccctc tgccttgtcc tcagctagct ttaaggcaag catcacattg gattcaaaga 42060 ccagctgatg ctctttcagt atgattactt atgctgtgat tgacaatgtg gaggaaatag 42120 cgtatatggc caacgatagg gcattgacta agtaggtcat tattcagcca aacaaaggta 42180 cagtatgctg tgattttaaa atgatgccgt agattactaa attacatgaa aatatacttg 42240 taagaatatt atgtgacaaa gaagcatgct ataaaagtgt agtcactgtt gaatcctatt 42300 gtataaaatg tgtgtaagtg tatacacaaa aaaactctga aagagtacac actttagtgc 42360 taagagtact tatctctgca gatctttatt tttgtctttt ttggaaatct cgcttgcttt 42420 tatgataaat ttgcaaggtt actcttttaa gtgttacttt atcattacag gaaagaatag 42480 agagaataaa ttctcttccc ctgggaataa atttaagagt tttcaaagag aattacagcc 42540 tatgtaatat ccagcgatat ttggactcga atagaaagtt ctgaatcaaa gagttgcgta 42600 gaatatcaag ggatgatcta acagccatcc tcttgcctgg gatacccaca gccccattta 42660 ctcaggctgt gggctcactg agaaggagac aacattggcc actgttttac tttcttctct 42720 gttaaagctg ccttggtcct tctgtctcct ctgatagtat cgagtcattc agatgtattt 42780 gctttagttg attgccatgc tttcaaacag gttccataag ctacacatcc acttttaaga 42840 ctaaattgag cttcattgaa tgtccttaat gaccacaact aattcctagc ccaaaggagg 42900 gaagctgcag ccaactccct caatcctcaa gaacaacaat gccgatagaa cccctgtgtg 42960 atccgggagc tttggtctgg tctgcaaaca ccaagcgcgc cgttacccca gtgggtctcc 43020 atcttggtcg cacattaact gctcctgtgc tttctgaagc aatgaccaca agccacaggt 43080 cgcgactgag ccctgaaatg tagccagtct gaatagagat gtgctgtaag tgtaaagtac 43140 agactcagtt tcaaagcttt agtcttagaa aaagaatgta aaatatctct atcattgttc 43200 cactggttat gtgttgaaat gttaatattt ggaatatact gagttaagta gaatttatca 43260 ttaatatatt attttaatca tttatcaatg ataagatatt aatattatat taaaattaat 43320 ttcaactttt aaaatgtggc tcctagaaaa cataaaatta tatgtgtgac tctctttaat 43380 gtttttactg gcagcgctgc attattatct ccctttataa ttttgaagct cccaacatcc 43440 aggccatacc ccagaccaat gatatcagaa tctctaggag tgagagccaa gccaggtggt 43500 gaccagaagt gctctgtgtt gagaatatgg gaggaaaaaa ctgttttttc ctacatacac 43560 cctcatctta tcagatgagg aaattgagtc taacttaccc aaggtcacaa agccagcggg 43620 gggtggaact gggtttctgt ccagctccaa acccctctgc tgtatatctt ctgtaaacat 43680 aaagaaagct ttgctagaga agaagtaaac tcatttcagc cctccactaa gaccggaaaa 43740 agatttaaag ggcataacaa aattatagaa atcaaaggat catctttggg cataaccagc 43800 cattattata aggcagtggt tctcaaagtg tggtcctcag accagcaaca tcagcatcat 43860 ctaggaaatt attagaaatg gcagattctt ggtccctacc cagacgtact gaatcagaag 43920 ctctggggtt ggggcttagt gatctgtatt ttaacaagcc ttttgggcca tgtgttggca 43980 aactttcttc tggaaaggga aggatagtaa acattttagg ttttgcagac catatggtct 44040 ctgtggcaat tgctcaaccc ttcccttgca gagataatat gaaaatgagt ggacatggct 44100 gtgtgcccag attacatgaa gtgaggtatg tctatatctg ctgcatgtat tttataattg 44160 atttggcttt gtttaattta tggacactga aatttaaatt tcatttaatt cttacatgtg 44220 gtgaagtatt attcttcttt tgactgatca gtcctgctct aagtggttct gtggcatgtt 44280 aacttttgtg aaccactgct agaaggtaag tcagaatcca gggctcttag ccagagttac 44340 tgagcacagg tatgcggggg ctgtcaccag gtggacactt gacctgagct gcagcataaa 44400 ttcagatcca ggacaccaag gacaatgcca cacctgtgct ttgactctgc tttataagac 44460 ctgtgccaaa aaattagatt tggggcaaaa gggacttaac agataggctg gtcagagtgg 44520 cagctggcag gaggaagagc accttaggaa aaagccagag agcaggcctg gaggtctcct 44580 tccctcccca cagctgccat ggacagtctg gagggccatt acatttctct atttctcaat 44640 tactgcatct atcaaatgag agtggccata attcattatt gggtaagagt ggagactaaa 44700 taagatatgt gatgtgtctg acgcgttaga aatcacagca ctgagtccct gggcttcctc 44760 ccctacccga gggaccttga ggcagagggt tggagcattt tgtgaaaact gcagggctga 44820 ttgataaact ctggtgggtc tgtcatagaa acaggccaga ggactcaaac tggttcacca 44880 tagagccaga ggagcagcca gtccataaca tctcacactg ccaacctgct caggatccca 44940 gaatttcctg accagtaact gaacaagtct ttcatggcta tgttgttctg ttctgttttg 45000 tcttcttcct ttgatctaag gtcagcctct aaaattttta ttttctacca ctggcttgac 45060 ttccatccag aatgcataat cttaggaatg tctactccct tcaagggaac ctgacatcta 45120 tcaaagtgtg atctgtcacc ctagcccaca atagtctgac ataaagactt ttcccaaagt 45180 ctgggtttgt cagcactcac cagcaccaca catgagacac ccacagccct gtctagcttg 45240 gaatggagtc aagttcactc cagtctcttt cagtctctga tttatcaagc gttcaacaca 45300 tgttgatgtc cactctcaat gaggttcatt ttgttcaagc agtttcctag aatattccac 45360 gtcaggaaga tgaaagtgaa ataagttaaa tagagccaaa atttggttgt aagatgtact 45420 gtggagcctg aaactcaggt atcaccctgg gaagtagaag caacacttca ttcttgctcc 45480 acaagctcta cccaattaaa aagtggagag aaatgactta aaggtggctc atgtttggac 45540 tgtcaagaat atattgtgta gggccgtgga gacgtgaggt tctcaactgg aagtgaacct 45600 ggcgatttgg gtagagactc agattaaagc cataaagtaa atagaatgaa cacatgattt 45660 tctttctttt taaaaattgt tttatattat ttccaacttc tattttaagt tcaggggtac 45720 atgtgcagga tgtgcaggtt tgttacatag ttaaacgtgt gccatggtga ataactgcac 45780 agatcatccc atgatgatct gtgataccat cccatgataa cacctaagta ttaagcccaa 45840 cgtctattag ctatttttcc gatgctctcc ctcctcccat cccccaccct ccaacagacc 45900 ccagtgtgtg ttgtttgccc caatgtgtcc aaggaacaca tgattttcac acttgataat 45960 aagagacatg tcaactatca aacctggttc tggccaaatt tctatgagtt ctgaccaggg 46020 tagatcaacc caggcaaagt ggccttggtt ccataacacc aagtgagtaa tactctttca 46080 aaaataattt gtgtattgat tcacagactg 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cctggccttc tccttctgat ctcctacctc cctcttataa 51960 ggacctctgt gattacattg gacccccctg ggccacacag ggtaatctac ccatctcaaa 52020 atccttaatt cagtcacatc tgcagagttc ctgttgccat ataaggtaac atattcacag 52080 tttctgggga ttatgatttg gaccactttt ggggggtcct gcacaacccc caagtggaaa 52140 accagcatgc cttgctgaac tctgtgtgcc atgtgaaaag gcccaaaact gtgtataata 52200 cgggaaaaac tcaaactcca taggttttca attaaaatgc tttcatagaa gtccaacaac 52260 tctgagaact tcacagataa tgcgcttgct cacaaatctg aggcaagaga tgagtctttc 52320 tgttaggaga ttgtatcatt gctcccaagg gcttccctta ttgggccatt attgtcactc 52380 ttcccccata aaaccaccac ctgcatgccc tctaaccaga ggagaaatga tttggctagg 52440 agtcaatgac agcccatgtg ctgtgcccat tcttggcaaa gaaagatggt aagatggcaa 52500 ggagtccttc atcatgtttg tcatggagag aaaaccagct tctattagga ataaaaagtg 52560 tagggagagg ccgggtgcag tgtctcacac ctgtaatccc agcactttgg gaggccgagg 52620 ggcacagatt gcttgagctt aagaattcca gaccagcctg ggcaacatag agaaacccca 52680 tctctggaaa aaaataaaaa taaaaaaaaa aggcaggagg gggcagggat agctgggtgc 52740 agtggctatg cctctcatcc cagcagctac agaggctgcg gcagggagga tttcttgaag 52800 ctgggagttt gagaccagac tgggcaacat aggaagaccc ccatctctaa aaaattttta 52860 aaaattagct gggcatggtg gtgtagtcct ggctacttgg gaggctgagg caggaggatc 52920 acttgagccc aggaatttaa ggctgtggtg agctatgatc acaccattgc actgcagccc 52980 tgggcaacag agtgagattt ctctctaaaa acaaaacaaa acaaaaaaaa aagaaaaaga 53040 aaaggagggt agagatgagt atatctctga atcattgcag aggcctaagg agaggaccat 53100 gagtgaagaa acccaggaaa aattctaatt ttataaatga ttcattacaa gtacacagtg 53160 aatgttttca agttgtaaat aacattaaat ttctctaggt agtgaaaggc cgtaaaataa 53220 aatctcacat gcctcgtcaa acggacaggg agagatatca aagtagagtt agctggaagc 53280 aaaactaaga taacttatgt atagaaaaag tcatccaaac tcacattata cagttatgag 53340 ttctcaagta cacttgtgat tccaaaaaca cctcagcaac tattcccaga acacgctgac 53400 ccttcacaca gccaatgggg tgagaccaaa tatgctggac atccccaagt aacatttaga 53460 aataaagttg agcaagttct aattgtggag caacagaaat aatcctccaa caaacggcca 53520 tttgacttgc caaagagtcc caaagttttc aaatccactt tattagagtt aacttgattt 53580 attataggtt attctactta tgcactattg gacacttgtg cgctattcag ggacagtaac 53640 tctccatcca actgaatgaa gaaaacaaag acagagttca ccgtgccccc ctcctgcttc 53700 ctccagtccc tcttttctaa aactcacagg cttcctcgca taccctcttc ctccccttgg 53760 agcacagctg tgatcttcac ctcttgtccc tgtcactcag ctcctgtctt ctcccagagt 53820 gtgagattca gagaattcaa agagataatc cagggcatga aaattctcat tcctggtctt 53880 tggcataaaa gtcaaggaac aggttccagg gcattcgggt accatttctg aactaggtgg 53940 ttccatcaca agaaacaggt gcaaacgtac cagcagccag gtggctaggg ccaccactag 54000 ctcatccatg gtcttggtat acattagaaa aaggggcacc ttctgccagg aagtgtttct 54060 agtttggggt acccccaagt aaagccaggt tcaaggactt gggggtgggt tgtacactgg 54120 gctggggtgc caggaagcca gggtgatggg gaaagccagt aagagatgca tcagggagct 54180 gattaccagc acagggagct agggctccat ccctcagcaa cccctgggga accgcagcgt 54240 gtgcctcaga attgtccttc tcagggtcag gaggcttcag gagttcacat ccctgcactt 54300 cccagttgcc cttcacgggc ttctctgaag caggaaagca tgcagagggg cagccccttg 54360 acatggagta atgtcagagg ccctgctgat gcccactcca gcagccggga 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tttcaaaaag acactcagtg acaatcaccc aaagatctgg 56940 gtcaaaaaaa aaaagctgat attcagaaat gacttcaagt gttcagaacc agggaggtga 57000 atttctttaa tccactgcac attaaaaact gataaagatt gcacatgaaa ggaacggaag 57060 aaatgggtgc aaatatactg gggctctttt tatagtcctg gagtgtgaga atgttaatta 57120 aaggaatctc agaattggag aggatctgag aaaggatgga gtgaaaattt aattttaggt 57180 gttgttttat caggttaaaa aaaaagacaa tttcatgagt tacttgcagt tacctcaaga 57240 acttcatgag cccccaaaaa agctccaatt gaaactgtaa actgtaagag accaatttaa 57300 tgaaaacctc tcagcccagt gaaggacctc ttaatggtga agaacacaaa tgagcaaacc 57360 ccgggagcat taaataagca taacaaaatg ttaggtatca ttagagtgtt gttcttcaaa 57420 gagtcatact catccatttt ttaaaacgaa agtttaaaaa aaaggcacag acagaactta 57480 gaagttacat acactggctc aagcaagaag ctccaaaacc tagtctcatt gcgtatttca 57540 gcatccacca agtgaatgtc cattctgtta ctgtttttca cacctgggta aataataata 57600 tagttaataa ctaattgcca tttctaccct tcctggggac cacattctgc tcagcggctt 57660 tacacacaag ttctccagtc ctctcagtgc tctatgggga ggcattgcta tttcgatttg 57720 caagcacaaa agctgagttg caggatggct gagcaaattg cccaacatca cttagctagt 57780 gagtcagaga gctgggtctc aaacccaagt ctgtctcctt cctaggtcaa ggaaggaagg 57840 aaggaggctg tgccacccta cagcaatttg tagaatttgt agaatatacc tgcacaattt 57900 gtagaatata cctgcataaa gcaggtataa acatgcccaa gggaacccag ccagatcaga 57960 cagggatggc acaccagtcc ttgttcttgg attctgctcc tgagccacac tgtgtccaaa 58020 ccctgatagc cagcaggagt gctcttggct tgttcatgcc cgtagcagcc acatcctgag 58080 ttgcaagcag aagacaccca atccagccaa caaaagcaaa gggaatttct tgaaaggaca 58140 tttaggagtc acagaattgg caagaaagct ggaacaccag gcagaaagtg ggcagctcta 58200 gagactgatg agttctgctt ctcttgccag aacagattgg gaaggggtct ctttgtctct 58260 ctgctctgat tgtcttggct tgggtcagag agtatctact gggaaaaaga taacttccaa 58320 aaacgaaatc atgttccagt agctgaacca ctgcagtgca tatctgttag gggcaccatt 58380 agcatagatt gcaatgcaag gggtgcatcc tcaggctggg caaagcacca gcatgacaaa 58440 tgaaccccgg gcaggatgtc cctctgaacc ctctatatgt aaccacatat tagttacagt 58500 gcctacatgt actgctcaga caggttaagt aacttgccca attaatagaa aaaagagctc 58560 agattcaagc ccagatagtc tgacccctgg acgtgtgctc ttagccacga tgcttcgaat 58620 acacaaagtt tgcagtgctg ggggatcaca ggggaggcag taatcactga ggggctgggc 58680 aaggcatcat ccttcttgct gacttcaata ctgatgtgga tggcccacca agcaccatga 58740 tgtctcagtt ctttcacccc cttacttcca acaaccattt ccatctttac acctcaacca 58800 ccatctctta tgtcaaccct ggatatctta cagcctgtaa aaatgcaccc tttctgaaat 58860 ctaaatgcca agccctctgc catgtggctt cctcatatcc tgccagctca ccaattctag 58920 caccttgact gcaataatag aaactccatt caactcactt ccccactgtt acaatcaaca 58980 attccctcct gccttcactt tcttccttac tcgccataga ttctacggta tattattata 59040 atcttttcct tatgtctaac ccaacagcct tcactttctc ttcttttcat tcttatccag 59100 tgaaactcca acccaaccat tgaccttcag tagcatcaga gctgctgaat gtctctaaga 59160 aaatatacat ctgggctaac tggagtatct ttaaatttat ggccacaaac ctcaaaaaaa 59220 agcactcaac actgcctaga aatcttactg tatttctcaa gtagatttct tccccactgt 59280 ccatgaatat tgtattcctc cttttgctac tcaacacaac acaggcactc gccatctagt 59340 gccccctacc tgtctgtgac cttcactgca aaaatgaaag taatcagtca ggagccccac 59400 tattggttta ctggcccatc tacaaacgta tctacacctg aactcattct gctctgtttt 59460 ctctcctaca attgtgggag taatattcat gcttctctca aatgcaggag ggagtgttaa 59520 tagccttcct ttccaccttc ttaaaccctt catgtcttca gttattccct cttctgcatc 59580 ttcaatctct ctttctacaa gattattccc ttggaacaac aaatatggta cagtatctcc 59640 catctcgaac aaagaaacaa gccattctta ataccacact ctccttcagt tatctttttt 59700 tttcttttgc tccctcttat aacaaaactc ttaattcctc acctccttat ctctcttcag 59760 tccaccccat tcaggcatct gtactcatct ctccagtgtt cttgtcaagg tcaccaaatg 59820 acctccatgt tgccaaatcc actgcacagt tctgttctca tcttactcag actctcagca 59880 gcagcattca gcatggctgg caataccctc ctgtttgaaa aacattcacc tcctggcttc 59940 cttgatccct cagtctctga ctaccatcca ctccactgac cgtctcttct tagtctcctt 60000 ggttggcttc tcctcaaccc aacctctgaa tgttggaggg cctcaggagg tcctgtcctc 60060 tcctctgttg attaattcta tctcctttgg gtgagggagg catctcatcc tgtcccatgg 60120 cttaatcacc acatgttaat aactctgata ttcatagctc cattcttacc ttttccctaa 60180 aattccagac ttgtatagcc aactgcttcc aaggattctt attaaccatc tcccagaaat 60240 agagctcttc aatcatcaca tacacacaca cacacacaca cacacacaca cacacacaca 60300 cacacttcct catcaggctt ccctaatctc aataaatggc acccccatct atccagatgc 60360 tcaaaccaaa atcttcctgg cccccactct ctatacccac tcatcagtgg gtgctatcac 60420 ccaacacagc tgtgatctca ttcgtgttct ctacctccac caccaccacc cttcaccaat 60480 ccatcattta ccttggccac agaagagcct tcacacttgg cctctcctct gcattctcta 60540 cacagcagaa tgtctctgca aaacataaat tagctatttt gacatgactt ttaacacatt 60600 tccactgcct ctggaatgaa atctgaactc cctaccattt cctgcaggtc ctgaaatatc 60660 tgtcacccct caatctttcc aagctcttct caacacagtt cctcttgttc actgtgcttc 60720 agcagactca tctccctcta tcctcctaat ttcctaaact cttttccaca tcaaggcctc 60780 tgtccttatt ttgttattct gagatgatct tcccccagct atttaaatgc ttggcccatt 60840 ctgctccttc aggacttggc tcaaatgcta cctccttaca gacgcctcca tgacctgcca 60900 ccctgtggaa catggtgcct cccagttcct ggcattagca agtattcatg gagtgcttcc 60960 caggcattgt tattagtgct gtttattgat tacctctttt aattccccac caccctagga 61020 agtagttact gttattgtca ttatcttacc catcttggaa aaaagaaaaa aacaaggaaa 61080 ctgagcccaa agagataaca actgtccaca gtcaactaat cttgggactt aaccctgagt 61140 aacctggatc cagcctggcc cctcccccac cacaccctcc tgcctctctc atattacttg 61200 gtgtctcttt ccagcacttg ttacaatctg gatatcgtct tgtttagtta tttctgaatc 61260 atcattctcc tcagtagaat atgcattagt tcattttcat accactatga agaaacaccc 61320 aagactgggt aatttataaa gaaaaagagg tttaacagac tcacagttcc agagggctgg 61380 ggaggcctca caatcatagt ggaagacaaa ggaggagcaa aggcacatct tatacggtgg 61440 caggcaagag ggcgtgtgca ggggaactgc cctttataaa accatcagat ctcatgcgac 61500 ttattcacta tcgtgagaac atcacaggta aaatccaccc ccatgattca gttacctccc 61560 actgggtccc tcccatgaca tgcaggaatt atggaaacta caattcaaga tgagatttga 61620 gtggggacat agccagacct taacagaatg taagcaatgt gtggacagag acttcttttt 61680 ttcatccaag gatccccagg gcctgccaca tggaaggtgc ccgaccaata tttgtggcat 61740 gaatgaataa gtgaatgaat ggtaggtgta gatcaggaaa tgaaaacatt tctagcaata 61800 gctgctctta ttttggtgcc aataattgtc acacatctgt gtaaccacaa atcatgtgaa 61860 tgaatcattt ttttaaatga ttgaataaca tcatctatgc tttatatatt ttttcagagc 61920 agatttacta tgctgggcct gtcaataatc ctgaatttac tattcctcag gtaagatatt 61980 acttacttct tgtattaaat agtttgtttc ttgaagaaga agaagaaggc tagaaggagg 62040 gaaaggagga gaaaccaaga aagaagagaa ggaaagaatt aaacagttta aaacttatcc 62100 ataggccatc cctgcaaaaa ccctttctta ataaaactgc tgcttcagag tgggcacttg 62160 aaatttcttg acacactggc tttgtcattt tggcatttaa tattttacat gtcagtgaac 62220 cttagggaat cctccgagta caaacctccc actgagaggg atgccggcgt cttgtccagc 62280 aggattacgg catttgtggg gttccatatg gcagtgctgc tgggctgtgt gggcggcacc 62340 atgcatgtgc tgggaccgag ctcaggaggc tggcggttca gagaaaggaa gatgcacaag 62400 ccatgaaggc atgaaggtcc tccagttact gtcctttcat tgttactcat aagctgccac 62460 taagtcaata aaatgcccac atccttagca tttgctggca aagctcacag ctaagagtag 62520 aattttccac taattccttt ctgttcaaga taatgtgaca ttattaaatg actcaattta 62580 catcactctg ctataagcaa taaatgttca atatgctacc cctcagataa tggttttttt 62640 tttttttgag agagtcttgt tctgcctccc aggctggagt gcaggggcat gatctcagct 62700 cactgcaacc tctgcctccc aggttcaagc tattcttccg cctcagcctc ccaagtagct 62760 tggactacag gcacatgcca ccacgcccag ctaatttttg gatttttagt agaaacaggg 62820 tttcaccata ttggccaggt tggtctcgaa ctcctgacct cgtgatccac ccgcctcggc 62880 ctcccaaagt gctgggatta caggcccctc agagaatctt atggaacaat atgaaaagga 62940 tcacaaaaat gtgatttttt aaaatgcatg ctgatgtatt cagtacatgt gagatttggt 63000 tatgtgtatg taatatgtag tgatcaagtc agggtattta ggatgtccat cactgaatac 63060 atttttctta actatagtca ccctactctg ctatcaaaca ctgaatttat gtcttctatt 63120 aactgtgtgt ttgtaccctt caacccactt ctctttatac tctccctctc atcctctccc 63180 tccccactct ggtatctatc tttccactct ctatctccat gtgatcatgt tttttagctc 63240 ccacagataa ttgagaataa acaatatttg tatttgtgcc tggcttattt cacttaagat 63300 aatgaccccc agttccatcc atgttgccac aaatgacaag attttattct tttttatggc 63360 catatagtat tccattgtgt atatatacca catcttcttt atccattcat ccatacatag 63420 acacttaggt tgattccatg tctttgctgt agtgaatagt gctgcaataa gcatgggggt 63480 gcaattacaa aaatgtaatc actttaaata gttttgttta caacctcatc ctttcagttc 63540 tccaaaacct gtatttggct gaagaaaaag gtctctttct ccataaagaa tctctaactt 63600 agtttcacct ctgggtttgt ttcctttctt tcccagcctc tgtgttccta tgtcagagtg 63660 ccatcttgct accatctcag attcccacta tcattgctct tgcagctggg aagtctccag 63720 ccctctccct ctggaaatct ctagtttcct cctcaggcct ttcagtaaaa tacaaaagtt 63780 ttgcaagaaa gaaaaactac acctgtcttc acttctagta tgagggccct aaactctccc 63840 agagagttcc atttttcttt aaatctttgc tatttgaatt gtttttcttt ccccattgtt 63900 cttctgaccc tcctcccaac tagaggctga cttaaaattt actaacaatt gactttcact 63960 tttgcattgt tggcttcttt ttaaaccagt tactcagcaa ctgttataag atagagggga 64020 aaagaacttc ttaaagtcag aaaacccctt tgaaagtaag ttgagaggcc aggcacagtg 64080 cctcatgcct gtaaccccag cactttcgga ggccgaggca gacagatcac ttgaggttgg 64140 aagttcaaga ccagcctggc taacatggtg aaaccccatc tctactaaaa atacaaaaat 64200 taaccagtca tggtggtgca cgcctgtaat cgcagccact cgggaggctg aggcatgaga 64260 atcgcttgac cccaggaggc ggaggttgca gtgagccgag atcacaccac tgcactccag 64320 cctgtgcaac agaggaagac tccatctcaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaggaaaa 64380 aggttgacca gataagtaaa aagctttatt ttaatcacct acagtgcatg aaggaagtgc 64440 agaacgtaag ttcttcaacc gctgatggta ctcaagcaaa tattgcccag tgtgagggca 64500 tcgcatgtac agcagagaga gctggaggcc ttaatcccaa aatgggctcc ctacaccggc 64560 tgcaggtcag ccgtggctgg cccgcaatgc acggaggctt tgctttctta atatggaaca 64620 gacacagttc aaagactttt ggttgtaaaa gacgtacccc atatcccctc ctccagctaa 64680 atcctccaga gatgggctct gggctaatgg cagttcccat gtggccaaaa acgctcccac 64740 tcagcgatca ttctccaggg tcttggtatt atttccctct gaactcatcc aaccccttgg 64800 cccggattga agccctacct gctgtcctct gtctatgcct cctgctttct gaatgaaaat 64860 ttaggggatc ctttgggctc ccgaagcatg tggacaacaa cttgtaggca cagcctgacc 64920 catgtattgc caaaggtgca cctacaaatt cctaacttac aaactctgtg ccctcctcaa 64980 cagcagaaac gctgcactca gtccttccct accctggcct cctggcctcc cagcacacac 65040 ctccatctgc ctccagcctg gcacgcttgc ctaaatattc ttatctctta taccagagtc 65100 tgtgatatct gtaattcata atctagaacc ccttccttca aatacaacag ctcctcttag 65160 gttcataatg tagtaatgaa aaattcttgt gttgttcaat acatttgtag gtgtgtgtct 65220 aaatgcacat agagatttta aagaaaagta catgaggagg aagagaacga tgaaacacaa 65280 cgagatataa atttgagccg gtctttactc ataattaatt ctctaacatt tggactgctt 65340 tggttatatt cctaacacta tttctaaaat tacagctgct caatatttga ggagtgtgac 65400 tcatgggagc gtctagaatc atggaatcac acccaaggca ccatccagag cacagcctgg 65460 ttctcttgaa tacaatttca gtgttgggga ctccactctc tttggaagct ctgctcattg 65520 ctagaaagtt gctcccttct aacaaaagcc acctttcatg cagcttctct ccggtggtct 65580 cacctactcc ttccctcttg ctttatacag attaaactct ttcctccttt gggtgacagg 65640 cagttcaaag atgtgccagc agtctcctgg cctcctctgc cacagtccct ctgctccgct 65700 tgcgaccctc caaccacccc agagcatttt cctctccaga ttcgtgtcta caaacacatc 65760 accgctccgt ggctgctggg gtgcaggact ggggtgctgg cagcaaacaa aaccagaatg 65820 gctcttctac agtcctcata ggacctggct gccaggtggc ttctgccaag ctgactgcaa 65880 aggaagggag acctccttac agtgttgctg ccagcaagga tccccaaagg cagccattct 65940 ttctgtgatg gtgcattttg gttttgtgct ggtgaactgt gctccccggg gtcttctctg 66000 tctgagcata caaacctttc tccttccagt tgctcaggcc aggagccttg gagtcacctt 66060 taacccattt ctttctctcc cacccacttg cgtttcctca gcggatccta ttggctgttc 66120 tttcaaaatc tctctggcac ccaaagcctt cccccacctc cacctctact ccaagtcatc 66180 ttcatctctc acctggattc ctgcaatcgc ctcccatctg ggcttttcag tgaggcagcc 66240 agagggatct taccgacaca ggcgccaggg caggccaccc tctcctgacc agagtccctt 66300 tcagagtgga agctgatgtc cccaccatgg cctttgaggc cctaagagtc tggcctcctg 66360 tgttgccctt acctcacccc ccccatcccc ccactccctg cagccccact ggcctccttc 66420 tgcccctcta aggtgggggc cccagcccat agcagcactg caccttcttg catctgcttc 66480 aggtctttgc ctaaatgtcg tcgtctcagc agggcctcct ttcaccaccc tgctcaaaat 66540 tgcagaccag cacttgcctt gacccatcca gtgcttccat ccactccctt cctgcatgag 66600 ttttctccat gacatgagca cctgacacac catacatagt cacatatcat aagggtggtc 66660 tgtctctccc agagatgctg tcagctccac agggcagggg ttggcttgtc ttgttctacg 66720 ttatccacaa tgtccagaac agcacccagc acataaaagt ttctctgtaa atatttgtta 66780 aatggttaat tgtactgtgg gtcacacgtc taatacttga cctgtgcccc ttgcagggag 66840 aataccaggt tttgctggaa ctgtacactg aaaaacggtc caccgtggcc tgtgccaatg 66900 ctactatcat gtgctcctga ctgtggcctg tagcaaaaat cacagccagc tgcatctcgt 66960 gggacctcca agctcctctg actgaaccta ctgtgggagg agaagcagct gatgacagag 67020 agaggctcta caaagaagcg cccccaaaga gtgcagctgc taattttagt cccaggacca 67080 gacatcccca gactccacag atgtaatgaa gtccccgaat gtatctgttt ctaaggagcc 67140 tcttggcagt ccttaagcag tcttgagggt ccatcctttt tctctaattg gtcgcctccc 67200 accagactca cctgcttttc aactttttag gagtgcttcc tcacagttac caagaataaa 67260 gaaagctggc caccattgtt cattgtggtt tgttcaaaga atcttactac aatgctgtag 67320 ttaaaaagtc atttcctcca gatacagtgc cggatgctgg tgcagcataa gcagttccaa 67380 gaaattcagg agggtgacag cctggctaaa attagaacac tgggaaaatg tgccattgct 67440 tctcctgggc aggcccccac ccttggacca tgagggccga gaagctgatg caacctcacg 67500 aatagggaca tcatactctc gcttatccaa acattcattt caccttcatc cctcaaagca 67560 tgattacact tgacctcagc atatgctggc gttcattact gcattcatta atgaatgcaa 67620 ggaataactc ctgaacactt aatgtgtatc aggtgctgtg ttcttaagtt gtct 67674 12 416 DNA Homo sapiens 12 tccagagacc acatctgcag ctcccaaaac aaggtctgtt ctgcagctgg acaattcact 60 gcttcccaaa cctaagagca gagccaaagc cagaggagag gaaagtgaca atagggccaa 120 agcctcattc cagattccaa atgtcattct gtagccctcg tgctatcaac tgctgcctgc 180 tggctgcagc caggtccctg ggtccataca cagcctgcat caagagcctg cagagactcg 240 ggggctggag atgggcagat ggtggcctgc gctttgtctt tcccaagttt acagcctcac 300 ctgggggtgg aggctgttct gaggggcccc caagaggccc ccaccatgaa gggtttcaca 360 gccactctct tcctctggac tctgattttt cccagctgca gtggggcggc ggtggg 416 13 20 DNA Artificial Sequence Antisense Oligonucleotide 13 catggtgggc tcgtgccgct 20 14 20 DNA Artificial Sequence Antisense Oligonucleotide 14 tctggtagag cacttccaag 20 15 20 DNA Artificial Sequence Antisense Oligonucleotide 15 tgtaatggat cgcaactctg 20 16 20 DNA Artificial Sequence Antisense Oligonucleotide 16 aaagccaaaa tcttgtaatg 20 17 20 DNA Artificial Sequence Antisense Oligonucleotide 17 cacttttcaa cagaaaagcc 20 18 20 DNA Artificial Sequence Antisense Oligonucleotide 18 attttaattg cttggaacac 20 19 20 DNA Artificial Sequence Antisense Oligonucleotide 19 ttccaaatct aatgttgata 20 20 20 DNA Artificial Sequence Antisense Oligonucleotide 20 ctctcagaat aattccaaat 20 21 20 DNA Artificial Sequence Antisense Oligonucleotide 21 caagaaaaag ctctttgatg 20 22 20 DNA Artificial Sequence Antisense Oligonucleotide 22 acatgagagc taggtcaaga 20 23 20 DNA Artificial Sequence Antisense Oligonucleotide 23 aggcccagca tagtaaatct 20 24 20 DNA Artificial Sequence Antisense Oligonucleotide 24 ggaatagtaa attcaggatt 20 25 20 DNA Artificial Sequence Antisense Oligonucleotide 25 ggtattctcc ctgaggaata 20 26 20 DNA Artificial Sequence Antisense Oligonucleotide 26 cagttccagc aaaacctggt 20 27 20 DNA Artificial Sequence Antisense Oligonucleotide 27 cagtgtacag ttccagcaaa 20 28 20 DNA Artificial Sequence Antisense Oligonucleotide 28 gccacggtgg accgtttttc 20 29 20 DNA Artificial Sequence Antisense Oligonucleotide 29 tgatagtagc attggcacag 20 30 20 DNA Artificial Sequence Antisense Oligonucleotide 30 aggccacagt caggagcaca 20 31 20 DNA Artificial Sequence Antisense Oligonucleotide 31 agctggctgt gatttttgct 20 32 20 DNA Artificial Sequence Antisense Oligonucleotide 32 cttggaggtc ccacgagatg 20 33 20 DNA Artificial Sequence Antisense Oligonucleotide 33 ttcagtcaga ggagcttgga 20 34 20 DNA Artificial Sequence Antisense Oligonucleotide 34 attagcagct gcactctttg 20 35 20 DNA Artificial Sequence Antisense Oligonucleotide 35 ggactaaaat tagcagctgc 20 36 20 DNA Artificial Sequence Antisense Oligonucleotide 36 aagaggctcc ttagaaacag 20 37 20 DNA Artificial Sequence Antisense Oligonucleotide 37 tgcttaagga ctgccaagag 20 38 20 DNA Artificial Sequence Antisense Oligonucleotide 38 ggaccctcaa gactgcttaa 20 39 20 DNA Artificial Sequence Antisense Oligonucleotide 39 gaaaaaggat ggaccctcaa 20 40 20 DNA Artificial Sequence Antisense Oligonucleotide 40 gaaaagcagg tgagtctggt 20 41 20 DNA Artificial Sequence Antisense Oligonucleotide 41 aactgtgagg aagcactcct 20 42 20 DNA Artificial Sequence Antisense Oligonucleotide 42 tcttggtaac tgtgaggaag 20 43 20 DNA Artificial Sequence Antisense Oligonucleotide 43 ggtggccagc tttctttatt 20 44 20 DNA Artificial Sequence Antisense Oligonucleotide 44 ttttacttac tcagaataat 20 45 20 DNA Artificial Sequence Antisense Oligonucleotide 45 aatatcttac ctgaggaata 20 46 20 DNA Artificial Sequence Antisense Oligonucleotide 46 agcaggcagc agttgatagc 20 47 20 DNA Artificial Sequence Antisense Oligonucleotide 47 aggctcttga tgcaggctgt 20 48 20 DNA Artificial Sequence Antisense Oligonucleotide 48 gcaggccacc atctgcccat 20 49 20 DNA Artificial Sequence Antisense Oligonucleotide 49 aaagcgcagg ccaccatctg 20 50 20 DNA H. sapiens 50 cttggaagtg ctctaccaga 2 51 20 DNA H. sapiens 51 ggcttttctg ttgaaaagtg 20 52 20 DNA H. sapiens 52 tttgctggaa ctgtacactg 20 53 20 DNA H. sapiens 53 ctgtgccaat gctactatca 20 54 20 DNA H. sapiens 54 tgtgctcctg actgtggcct 20 55 20 DNA H. sapiens 55 catctcgtgg gacctccaag 20 56 20 DNA H. sapiens 56 tccaagctcc tctgactgaa 20 57 20 DNA H. sapiens 57 caaagagtgc agctgctaat 20 58 20 DNA H. sapiens 58 ttaagcagtc ttgagggtcc 20 59 20 DNA H. sapiens 59 ttgagggtcc atcctttttc 20 60 20 DNA H. sapiens 60 accagactca cctgcttttc 20 61 20 DNA H. sapiens 61 aggagtgctt cctcacagtt 20 62 20 DNA H. sapiens 62 cttcctcaca gttaccaaga 20 63 20 DNA H. sapiens 63 aataaagaaa gctggccacc 20 64 20 DNA H. sapiens 64 atgggcagat ggtggcctgc 20 

What is claimed is:
 1. A compound 8 to 80 nucleobases in length targeted to a nucleic acid molecule encoding MD-1 RP105-associated, wherein said compound specifically hybridizes with said nucleic acid molecule encoding MD-1 RP105-associated (SEQ ID NO: 4) and inhibits the expression of MD-1 RP105-associated.
 2. The compound of claim 1 comprising 12 to 50 nucleobases in length.
 3. The compound of claim 2 comprising 15 to 30 nucleobases in length.
 4. The compound of claim 1 comprising an oligonucleotide.
 5. The compound of claim 4 comprising an antisense oligonucleotide.
 6. The compound of claim 4 comprising a DNA oligonucleotide.
 7. The compound of claim 4 comprising an RNA oligonucleotide.
 8. The compound of claim 4 comprising a chimeric oligonucleotide.
 9. The compound of claim 4 wherein at least a portion of said compound hybridizes with RNA to form an oligonucleotide-RNA duplex.
 10. The compound of claim 1 having at least 70% complementarity with a nucleic acid molecule encoding MD-1 RP105-associated (SEQ ID NO: 4) said compound specifically hybridizing to and inhibiting the expression of MD-1 RP105-associated.
 11. The compound of claim 1 having at least 80% complementarity with a nucleic acid molecule encoding MD-1 RP105-associated (SEQ ID NO: 4) said compound specifically hybridizing to and inhibiting the expression of MD-1 RP105-associated.
 12. The compound of claim 1 having at least 90% complementarity with a nucleic acid molecule encoding MD-1 RP105-associated (SEQ ID NO: 4) said compound specifically hybridizing to and inhibiting the expression of MD-1 RP105-associated.
 13. The compound of claim 1 having at least 95% complementarity with a nucleic acid molecule encoding MD-1 RP105-associated (SEQ ID NO: 4) said compound specifically hybridizing to and inhibiting the expression of MD-1 RP105-associated.
 14. The compound of claim 1 having at least one modified internucleoside linkage, sugar moiety, or nucleobase.
 15. The compound of claim 1 having at least one 2′-O-methoxyethyl sugar moiety.
 16. The compound of claim 1 having at least one phosphorothioate internucleoside linkage.
 17. The compound of claim 1 having at least one 5-methylcytosine.
 18. A method of inhibiting the expression of MD-1 RP105-associated in cells or tissues comprising contacting said cells or tissues with the compound of claim 1 so that expression of MD-1 RP105-associated is inhibited.
 19. A method of screening for a modulator of MD-1 RP105-associated, the method comprising the steps of: a. contacting a preferred target segment of a nucleic acid molecule encoding MD-1 RP105-associated with one or more candidate modulators of MD-1 RP105-associated, and b. identifying one or more modulators of MD-1 RP105-associated expression which modulate the expression of MD-1 RP105-associated.
 20. The method of claim 19 wherein the modulator of MD-1 RP105-associated expression comprises an oligonucleotide, an antisense oligonucleotide, a DNA oligonucleotide, an RNA oligonucleotide, an RNA oligonucleotide having at least a portion of said RNA oligonucleotide capable of hybridizing with RNA to form an oligonucleotide-RNA duplex, or a chimeric oligonucleotide.
 21. A diagnostic method for identifying a disease state comprising identifying the presence of MD-1 RP105-associated in a sample using at least one of the primers comprising SEQ ID NOs: 5 or 6, or the probe comprising SEQ ID NO:
 7. 22. A kit or assay device comprising the compound of claim
 1. 23. A method of treating an animal having a disease or condition associated with MD-1 RP105-associated comprising administering to said animal a therapeutically or prophylactically effective amount of the compound of claim 1 so that expression of MD-1 RP105-associated is inhibited.
 24. The method of claim 23 wherein the disease or condition is an autoimmune disorder. 